Concession to Senior Citizens

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..... Concession to Senior Citizens - News and Press Release Dated:- 19-12-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Communications Information Technology 19-December, 2012 16:05 IST As per the Telecommunications Tariff Order notified by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 9th March 1999 (Schedule 1, item 5), following concessions in monthly .....

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..... rental are provided to senior citizens in respect of Rural Fixed line services: (5) Monthly Rentals for Rural Subscribers Fixed line Telephony Service including wireless in local loop technology (Fixed) Capacity of local Exchange System Sr. Citizen Others (Number of line) (Rs) (Rs) (i) Upto 999 70 70 (ii) 1000 .....

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..... to 29,999 120 120 (iii) 30,000 to 99,999 180 200 (iv) 1 lakh and above 250 280 It is mandatory to offer the above as part of standard package. However, the service providers have the flexibility to offer alternative combinations of tariff to different classes of subscribers in a non-discriminatory manner. The following concessions ar .....

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..... e provided to senior citizens (65 years and above) by government controlled Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), i.e. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL): BSNL BSNL is granting following concessions in fixed line telephone connection to senior citizens: (i) Registration of telephone on priority under NON-OYT-Special category, (ii) Exemption from pay .....

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..... ment of registration charges while registering the request for a telephone connection. MTNL Senior citizens are allowed following concessions on landline telephone connections: (i) 25% concession in installation, (ii) 25% concession in monthly service charges in plan 250. This information was given by Shri Milind Deora, Minister of State for C IT in written reply to a question in Lok S .....

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..... abha today. ******** MV/RK - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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