Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday launched a laptop distribution programme to provide free laptops worth Rs 83 crores to about 20,000 meritorious students of the State under Srinivasa Ramanujan Student Digital Scheme at the Paddal Ground in Mandi and said that Himachal Pradesh is better than Kerala in literacy rate. India News | Himachal Pradesh Better Than Kerala in Literacy Rate: CM Jai Ram Thakur.