Reliance JIO Prime Membership: Why you will need to switch before 31st March?

Reliance Jio is all set to start enrolling customers on to its Jio Prime membership plans from 1st March, offering 1 GB high-speed 4G data and free calls for Rs. 10 a day for a year. This membership fee for Jio Prime will be Rs. 99 per year.

The unlimited free voice, free data offered in the ‘Happy New Year’ scheme will be available to Jio Prime members for another 12 months for a price of Rs. 303 per month. Besides this plan, , Jio plans to roll out two new monthly tariff plans at Rs 149 and Rs 499 which offer 2GB and 60 GB data along with free voice, respectively, according to note by brokerage firm CLSA. “As per our discussion with channel partners and retailers, Reliance Jio has revealed more tariff plans under the “Jio Prime Program” that requires one-time membership charge of Rs 99 to be paid before March 31, 2017,” CLSA said in the note.

Two more monthly plans will be available other than the Rs. 303 plan for Jio Members.The cheapest monthly plan is Rs. 149 which offers free domestic voice and 2GB data without any daily limits. Another plan offers 60 GB – 2GB daily data allowance and unlimited voice for Rs. 499,” it said. Jio will also offer long duration plans for Rs 999/1999/4999/9999 with validity for 60/90/180/360 days and data allowance of 60/125/350/750GB without any daily limits, according to CLSA.

Spelling out the fine print of Jio new tariff plans, the CLSA note stated that while subscription to Jio apps is available to all these plans, the company has limited free voice up to the first 1,000 minutes/month, after which only calls within the Jio network will be free. Also, "Jio Prime membership and its benefits could be cancelled unless a minimum recharge of Rs 149 is made every month," it said.