Jio has made its tariff revision official, putting up the new plans on its website. While the price hike of the Rs. 399 recharge pack to Rs. 459[1] is the highlight of the tariff revision, there is another shocker the list plans on the website has revealed. The Rs. 309 Jio[2] pack that provides 1GB data per day for 56 days has been eliminated from the list of prepaid recharges. Now the cheapest option for prepaid Jio users looking for 1GB data per day is Rs. 399, which is roughly 30 percent more expensive than the Rs. 309 pack.
Jio Rs. 459 Pack to Replace Rs. 399 Plan as Part of Price Hike[3]
Another major change is that users who exhaust their quota of daily high-speed Internet will now get Internet access at 64kbps speed, half of the 128kbps Jio offered till now. These changes are part of a tariff revision Jio promised last week[4] while announcing its Diwali cashback offer.
Jio's new postpaid plans
For postpaid users, the rude shock seems to be curtailed validity, as all plans now have a validity of 1 billing cycle (30 days) only. Before this tariff revision, Jio offered validities of up to three months with its postpaid plans. Moreover, there is a security deposit with each postpaid plan now, and post-FUP speed will be 64kbps.
Moving to the plans now, the Rs. 309 plan still remains in the postpaid listing, with 30GB data doled out at 1GB per day; the security deposit for the pack is Rs. 400. Next is the Rs. 409 pack, with Rs. 500 deposit and 20GB data without any daily restrictions on consumption. The Rs. 459 plan doesn't seem to be...