A big relief news is coming for mobile users. If you too were troubled by the recharge plan of 28 days every month, then now your tension is going to go away.
The long-running debate regarding the validity of mobile recharge in the country has now reached the corridors of the government. According to latest reports, the central government is now pressurizing telecom companies to prominently offer plans with full validity of 30 days instead of 28 days.
The issue of 28 day plan echoed in Rajya Sabha
Recently, MP Raghav Chadha raised this issue very strongly in the Upper House of Parliament i.e. Rajya Sabha. He said that the current recharge plans are being unfair to the users. Chadha also raised questions on the use of data. He says that if a user gets 2GB data daily and is able to spend only 1.5GB, then the remaining 500MB data goes waste at the end of the day. He demanded that this remaining data should be added to the next day’s quota (Data Rollover), so that the customers’ money can be recovered.
The compulsion to recharge 13 times a year will end!
MP Raghav Chadha has suggested to completely stop the 28 day recharge cycle. Their argument is that in a cycle of 28 days, users have to recharge 13 times in a year instead of 12, which puts additional burden on the common man’s pocket. Along with this, he made another revolutionary demand that even after the recharge is over, basic facilities like incoming calls and SMS should not be stopped for at least one year. He has also advocated giving a longer grace period for deactivation.
Action mode of Jyotiraditya Scindia and TRAI
Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has also taken strict cognizance of this serious issue. He has instructed telecom companies to promote plans with validity of 30 days more in their portfolio and inform customers about it. Although, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already made a rule that it is mandatory for companies to give 30 days option, but companies often keep it hidden or sell it at a higher price. Now after the strictness of the government, companies may have to change their strategy.
What will change in the future?
If this initiative of the government is fully implemented, then mobile users will not need to remember the recharge date again and again. 30 days validity means you have to recharge on the same fixed date every month. This will not only increase transparency but will also save customers’ money. Also, with facilities like data rollover, internet usage will become more affordable.