It is an exercise in futility. Our government is run by monkeys. They are stubbornly uneducated about science and technology, at the same time pretending to know everything about it. How does our government take decisions? My best guess is they consult a successful team of astrologers.
When you learn first hand how grossly ignorant of the internet many politicians really are, in almost any country, it can be quite the wake up call.
Whether or not a typical state can actually afford it is a completely different issue altogether.
Recently, in an op/ed article about something different the journalist said "India is a first world country with a third world government."
More on topic: I didn't know about VLC until an Indian coworker introduced it to me.
That's an odd remark. VLC is open source software, of course you're going to learn about it through word of mouth.
I feel great sympathy for you. From JPN.
except the fine print is decided by bureaucrats, and not politicians themselves. your bias against the current government is blinding your logic.