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DI have a simcard that I haven’t recharged for quite a while now. The jio peeps calls me everyother day and threaten to recharge now or they will cut off incoming service. But today an angry lady called me and said she will sell my simcard if i don’t recharge by today EOD. Despite repeated warnings i havent done so, and she even took a real human name whom she is planning to sell. So wanted to know is this a way of panicking or they can really do so?
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D90 days after the last recharge validity, they can do it. Jio is nowadays a little too proactive though
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DPrepaid SIM cards can be deactivated due to non-usage, typically after 90 days of inactivity. If the SIM has a balance exceeding Rs. 20, a deduction of Rs. 20 will be made to extend the activation for 30 more days. This process repeats until the balance falls below Rs. 20, after which the SIM is deactivated and the number can be reassigned. A grace period of 15 days is usually provided to reactivate the SIM by recharging with Rs. 20.
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RShe can’t sell them if your plan is active
However if you don’t recharge for sometime, your validity expires and you cannot use the number and it may be reassigned.
The grace period for this is 90 days.
90 days of no oubtbound calls, SMS or data usage renders a number to be deactivated.
When your plan expires, you cannot do any of the above, so your 90-day clock starts.
There is something known as the ANRS or Automatic Number Retention Scheme.
Now if you have cash balance in your prepaid number, Rs. 20 gets deducted from this balance and as per the ANRS you get 30 days of validity.
This validity keeps extending till the balance goes below 20.
Once the 30 days expire, you have 15 days to recharge and renew. Or else you face permanent disconnection.
Once disconnected, it can be reassigned to anyone.
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I know you’ll find comments from people who have not renewed in a long time and haven’t faces any disconnection issues. But all of those are anecdotal.
If this number is important to you, then recharge with the lowest possible pack.
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Sthis rs20 recharge scheme is not yet implemented by airtel as i have airtel sim whose last recharge got expired 120 days back, didn’t deduct rs 20 from airtel sim
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RThat happens only when the number retension scheme kicks in. You should have Rs. 20+ balance for it to work, or you straight enter grace period.
This is a TRAI rule and can confirm it is active on Airtel – https://www.airtel.in/terms-conditions/prepaidplanvouchers
(Look at the third last line)
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SMy last recharge ended on 24/12/24 after that i recharged my no. With 30 rs topup but they didn’t deduct 20 and i have to do recharge which i did on 23/04/25
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RThere is a “deactivation period”, as I said earlier.
The 20 rupees is only deducted in cases when _number retention_ is needed.
So by law, a sim card should be inactive (no data usage, no outgoing calls, no outgoing SMS) for 90 days to be considered for deactivation. This only happens after your validity expires.
This is also not a strict deadline. It’s only done when the company rounds up numbers.
So your validity ended in the last week of December, but you made a small recharge of 30 – so your sim card was no longer in a suspended state and the timer reset itself.
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SBy this logic instead of 20 we can do 10 rs talktime recharge and we can reset this date, then why spend 20 every month just do 10rs talktime every 90 days
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RBro, I am not the carrier, nor do I work with one. Why are you arguing with me?
I merely stated the rule and SOP as stated by TRAI.
There are so many people who haven’t recharged since over a year and their cards are still active. But they have no leverage.
If their cards get deactivates today and sold to someone else tomorrow, the service provider is not in the fault.
As I said in my earlier message, Airtel or Vi or Jio being lenient about the rules is one thing. But if you really value your number, recharge on time and/or keep a balance over 20 rupees.
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