Jio Republic Day Offer: Recharge Plans Revised to Give 500 MB More Data

Reliance Jio has revised its tariff plans once again, as part of Republic Day offer 2018. Starting January 26, the company will offer 500 MB more data on its 1GB and 1.5GB recharge packs. The latest revision comes after Airtel upgraded its Rs 399 and Rs 149 recharge plan.

Jio Republic Day Offer

Jio Republic Day offer will come into effect at 12 am on January 26. The customers will get 50 percent more data for 1GB per day data plans of Rs 149, Rs 349, Rs 399, and Rs 449. This means the data usage cap is raised from 1GB to 1.5GB per day. Similarly, the 1.5 GB per day data packs will be revised to 2 GB per day. The validities will remain same at 28 days, 70 days, 84 days, and 91 days.

Jio’s Revised 1GB/Day Plans

Validity of all plans remains the same but the data benefits have been increased by the operator. The revised recharge packs will become available for subscribers starting January 26. There is no word about the last date of Jio Republic Day Offer.

Jio’s Revised 1.5GB/Day Plans

The new 1.5GB per day plans of the operator also get a boost of 500 MB. In the same way, there is no change in the validity. Recently, Jio had slashed the prices of its popular plans by up to Rs 60. The company also launched new 1.5GB per day data packs through its new year offer. The price cut intensified competition among the telcos.

Jio Rs 98 plan gets Enhanced Validity

Under the republic day offer 2018, Jio Rs 98 plan will offer 28 days of validity to the customers. However, the benefits unchanged at 2.1 GB data at high speed. Earlier, it had validity of only 14 days which is now enhanced.

How to Avail Cashback offer on Jio Recharge Plans

Speaking of recharge offers, Reliance Jio is providing more than 100% cashback on its plans of Rs 398 & above. Jio Cashback offers can be availed in collaboration with various e-wallets. The company is providing cashback vouchers worth Rs 400 on all recharges above Rs 398. In addition, the customers can avail up to Rs 300 cashback on select e-wallets. The wallet cashback is applicable on recharge through partner sites like amazon, paytm, Mobikwik, Freecharge etc. Jio cashback offer is valid until 31 January 2018.

How to Avail Jio Republic Day Offer

To avail the benefits of Jio Republic day offer, you need to buy a new recharge pack on or after 26 January 2018. However, the benefits of this offer will commence only after the validity of your current recharge ends. Suppose if Rs 398 plan is active on your number until 25 February, you can still buy a new recharge plan but the benefits will apply only after 25 February.

Price War Between Telcos

With start of a new year, if anything, the price war between telcos has intensified. This is the second revision of Jio tariff plans in this month. Incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea have also upgraded their recharge plans quite recently. Airtel has increased validity and data limit of its select plans to compete against Jio. A short while ago, Airtel increased the daily data limit of its Rs 199, Rs 448, and Rs 500 packs. all these now provide 1.4GB/day against the earlier limit of 1GB/day.

Reliance Jio has forced other operators to reduce prices which try to match its recharge plans. Last time, the company slashed prices of its tariff packs and now it is providing 50% more data.