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Delhi, Oct 18: Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha on Wednesday
announced Diwali gift of slashed talk-time and waiver of fixed monthly rates to
soldiers serving on the Pakistan and China borders. Briefing mediapersons here
today, Mr Sinha said, “From Diwali day (19th October, 2017), no monthly fee
will be taken for using DSPT service, that is, the current monthly fee of Rs
500 will be ‘Zero’ from Thursday. And also, the present telephone charges of Rs
5 per minute is being reduced to Re 1 per minute. In order to use the facility
of DSPT, the soldiers & officers at present are required to pay monthly fee
of Rs 500 and call charges of Rs 5 per minute. He said, “With this special
Diwali Gift from Government of India, Defence personnel can now talk without
worrying for more expenses to their home and their Headquarters.” Communication
Minister said, “The soldiers and officers of various army and para-military
units like CRPF, BSF, BRO, ITBP, etc, deployed in remote and far flung areas to
protect Borders and they use only DSPT service provided by BSNL because there
is no other means of communications available in those areas.” “The soldiers
and officers are working day and night without bothering about difficult
weather conditions and as they are posted away from their homes and
headquarters, there is a constant requirement for them to speak to their family
and also to their Headquarters,” he added. UNI
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