Updated On: 08 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | mumbai | PTI
A sum of Rs 1,000 will be paid in two instalments for the first semester, and efforts would also be taken to help those students who do not have smartphones, a civic official said.

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A sum of Rs 1,000 each will be transferred into the accounts of 42,000 students of civic schools to enable them to buy internet data packages for smartphones to help them in online studies, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra`s Thane district announced on Tuesday.
There are 75 civic schools, including 55 primary schools, under the NMMC.