<p>Students of colleges, technical institutions and universities in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha</a> can avail wi-fi facilities free of cost from the 2023-24 academic session as promised by the ruling BJD in its 2019 election manifesto.</p>.<p>State Higher Education Minister Roihit Pujari Thursday said the students will get one GB of data.</p>.<p>The Electronics and Information Technology Department has been roped in, he said after a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. All government-run universities in the state now have wi-fi services, Pujari added.</p>.<p>The minister said education loan is being provided to students by commercial banks since 2016-17 at one per cent rate of interest and the government is bearing the rest.</p>
<p>Students of colleges, technical institutions and universities in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha</a> can avail wi-fi facilities free of cost from the 2023-24 academic session as promised by the ruling BJD in its 2019 election manifesto.</p>.<p>State Higher Education Minister Roihit Pujari Thursday said the students will get one GB of data.</p>.<p>The Electronics and Information Technology Department has been roped in, he said after a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. All government-run universities in the state now have wi-fi services, Pujari added.</p>.<p>The minister said education loan is being provided to students by commercial banks since 2016-17 at one per cent rate of interest and the government is bearing the rest.</p>