MUMBAI: It looks like an iPad, only it’s 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a US$35 (RM112) basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of “world’s cheapest” innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee (RM6,810) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees (RM51) water purifier and the US$2,000 (RM6,400) open-heart surgery.