New changes in Jio Pre-paid plans (On 19-Oct-2017)

Reliance Jio has revised both its pre-paid and post-paid plans to induce few changes. Few recharge plans have been stopped, where as few new plans have been introduced. Jioduniya team continuously & closely monitors the developments in Reliance Jio so as to present the developments and changes in an easily understandable format to our esteemed readers.

This article is about changes in pre-paid Jio plans only. If you are looking for the summary of changes in post-paid Jio plans, please read our post " New changes in Jio post-paid plans (on 19-Oct-2017)".

Which Pre-paid plans are discontinued?

Jio has stopped and removed its previous pre-paid plans such as Rs 49, 96,& 349 plans.

Which Pre-paid plans are newly introduced?

• It has introduced few new plans like Rs 52, 98, 459, 499 & 799.
• Rs 52 plan comes with a 7 days validity and a total of 1.05GB high speed data with a daily cap of 0.15 GB. Post usage of daily limit data, the unlimited data speed will be reduced to 64 kbps. The plan offers a total of 70 free SMS, but all the calls ( Local and Roaming ) are completely free.
• Rs 98 plan comes with a 14 days validity and a total of 2.1GB high speed data with a daily cap of 0.15 GB. Post usage of daily limit data, the unlimited data speed will be reduced to 64 kbps. The plan offers a total of 140 free SMS, but all the calls ( Local and Roaming ) are completely free.
• Rs 459 plan is basically identical to that of previously existing Rs 399 Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, only change is the post FUP speed is reduced from 128 kbps to 64 kbps. It means, Jio has increased the cost of its Rs 399 plan. However, it has retained its previous 399 plan with some changes, which will be discussed in later part of this blog.
• Rs 499 plan comes with a validity of 91 days and offers a total of 91 GB highspeed data with a daily limit of 1GB per day.
• Rs 799 plan comes with a validity of 28 days and offers a total of 84 GB highspeed data with a daily limit of 3 GB per day.

Which Previous Pre-paid plans are revised or modified?

• The previously existing Rs 149 plan has got some modifications like the high speed data is doubled from 2GB to 4.2GB with a daily cap of 0.15GB. Also, the number of free SMS are limited to 300 per day. Rest all features are same.
• The previous plan of Rs 399 now comes with validity period of only 70 days ( previously it was 84 days). Similarly, total high-speed data has been reduced from 84 GB to 70 GB. One more small change is the post FUP (Fair Usage Policy) limit, the unlimited data speed is reduced from 128 kbps to 64 kbps (in fact, this change is across all its pre-paid and post-paid plans).
• The previous plan of Rs 509 now comes with validity period of only 49 days ( previously it was 56 days). Similarly, total high-speed data has been reduced from 112 GB to 98 GB.
• The previous plan of Rs 999 has got same validity period of 90 days as previous, but the high speed data has been reduced from 90GB to 60GB without any daily cap.
• The previous plan of Rs 1999 has now got increased validity of 180 days ( previous 120 days), but the high speed data has been reduced from 155 GB to 125 GB without any daily cap.
• The previous plan of Rs 4999 has now got increased validity of 360 days ( previous 210 days), but the high speed data has been reduced from 380 GB to 350 GB without any daily cap.
• The previous plan of Rs 19 now comes with a validity of 1 day and offers a high speed data of 0.15GB (~153MB). Also, the number of free SMS are limited to 20.
• The previous plan of Rs 309 now comes with a validity of 49 days (against 56 days earlier) and offers a total of 49 GB ( against 56GB earlier) high speed data, but a daily cap of 1GB applies.
• The previous plan of Rs 9999 plan now comes with a validity of 360 days (against 390 days earlier) and offers a total of 750 GB ( against 780 GB earlier) high speed data without any daily limit.