baramati the long awaited personal computer priced at less than rs 10000 should be available by june dayanidhi maran minister of communication and it mit saidwe are very very close to launching the pc we need intel and microsoft to reduce costs and at that price it will include a modem mr maran told reporters after inaugurating the annual global conference on education for the underprivileged ict as a catalyst at baramati the annual event is part of the baramati initiative on ict and development organised by the grameen foundation usa digital partners and the sharad pawar promoted vidya pratishthans institute of information technology viit this was the fifth such meetmr maran added that a new revamped it policy being formulated by a group headed by the it secretary would be ready in the next four five weeksmr maran who later launched 10 lakh cellular phone lines in the west zone in pune said that bsnl will launch 12 crore such lines before the end of this fiscaliti and alcatel have tied up for technology transfer and this will revive the ailing iti he said he added that under the universal service obligation uso fund the state undertaking will commission 56000 rural phones in the next two yearsearlier speaking at the inauguration of the fifth ict event at baramati state minister for higher and technical education suresh jain said the state government is set to decide on introducing computer education from class i initially this could be from class i vii and could go on till class x the maharashtra knowledge corporation ltd mkcl will be the nodal agency for imparting technical education is schools and collegesreferring to the 40 per cent illiterate population in the country ravi venkatesan chairman microsoft india said there was need for a new interfacebeyond even the regional language microsofts research laboratory in bangalore is working on such interfaces including voicethe bangalore lab is focused rural computing looking at user interfaces like voice speech etc the very high level of illiteracy needs a fundamental different way to deliver content he saidpaul maritz former group vp microsoft corp who now heads grameen foundation usa said they are looking to expand the grameen phone experience of bangladesh the gf will take this to africa primarily uganda he said