Price of mobile recharge plan
In July last year, private telecom companies increased the rates of mobile recharge plans. After this, many users ported their number to the government telecom company BSNL. If you also think that mobile recharge plan in India has become quite expensive, then you are wrong. Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Jyotiraditya Sandhiya told in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the mobile recharge plan has become cheaper by 94% percent in the last 10 years.
Mobile recharge became cheaper in 10 years
The Modi government at the Center has given a big gift of cheap recharge to crores of mobile users in the last 10 years. Responding to a question asked in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that in 2014 there were 90 crore mobile phone users in the country, whose number has now increased to 116 crores. Similarly, the number of Internet users has also increased from 25 crores to 97.44 crores.
The Union Minister further said that when the number of users increases, it becomes necessary to monitor the tariff. While presenting the data in the Lok Sabha, Jyotiraditya Scindia said that in 2014 it used to take 50 paise for a minute call, which now takes only 3 paise. At the same time, in 2014, the price of 1GB of data was Rs 270, which has now come down to Rs 9.70. Like mobile, the price of GB broadband data per GB is also Rs 9.70, which was Rs 270 per GB in 2014.
5G reached 98% districts
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said that internet data tariff in India is the cheapest in the world. Since the launch of 5G in the country, mobile tariffs have increased by 10 percent. In the last 22 months, 98% districts of the country and 82% of the population have been connected to 5G networks. 4.5 lakh crore has been invested for telecom infrastructure in the country. It is necessary to get returns on this investment. Therefore, it was necessary to increase tariffs by telecom companies last year. Globally, mobile data and call are the cheapest in India.
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