Railways to make mobile recharge coupons available at stations
22 Jul 2010
The ministry of railways has decided to make rechargeable coupons for mobile phones available at the STD/PCO booths at stations for the benefit of the passengers.
All zonal railways will allow sale of recharge coupons from the existing STD/PCO booths at the railway stations, which opt for selling the recharge coupons on payment of an additional licence fee depending on the category of the station.
The additional licence fee for A-1 category stations would be Rs500 per month, for Category B and C stations Rs300 per month and for D, E and F category stations Rs200 per month.
The STD/PCO booths opting for the scheme will have to display a sign indicating that `recharge coupons for mobile phone are available' and will not be allowed to display the name of service provider companies.
The approval will initially be for a period of one year, ie, up to 30 June 2011. Thereafter, the scheme will be reviewed by the Railway Board on the basis of detailed information regarding number of booths opting for the scheme, additional license fee realised etc received from the various zonal railways.