NEW DELHI, INDIA: Well, after months of deliberations, the Indian government has finally bid bye to Canada-based Datawind, the maker of low-cost tablet Aakash.

It now plans to initiate indigenous production of the tablet with agencies such as C-DAC, ITI and BEL while retaining the cost of the previous version.

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The decision follows the rising user complaints on technical glitches associated with the tablet, priced ultra low at $35.

Union telecom and HRD minister Kapil Sibal has formed a committee to oversee development and production of the upgraded version of Aakash. The members include senior officials of government agencies as well as academicians.

The government is also expected to invite bids for parts procurement. Initially, it plans one million tablets, albeit, the ambitious strategy is to manufacture 220 million such devices. DataWind was initially given a contract to manufacture one lakh Aakash tablets, in coordination with IIT-Jodhpur.

Sibal in an interview with PTI has confirmed that the government has parted ways with DataWind due to technical glitches in Aakash. 

CIOL was first to report about the government's plans to say bye to DataWind.