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Phone call rate cut for jawans

NEW DELHI: Paramilitary personnel manning international borders will have to pay less for using satellite phones. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has decided to reduce call charge from Rs.5 to Re.1 per minute for using the phones at border outposts. The new rate, taking effect from April 15, will enable them to contact their families more frequently.

The decision comes in appreciation of the the jawans protecting borders in )most difficult and inhospitable terrain, said Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot.

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