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Pre Paid Cellphone Ban to be Lifted in Jammu and Kashmir
30 Dec 2009
Pre-paid mobile phones are set to be live again in Jammu and Kashmir with the central government deciding to allow the service's resumption in the first week of next month.
The decision to withdraw the two-month ban on pre-paid mobile phones was taken in New Delhi at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai.
The meeting was attended by senior state government officers, including chief secretary S.S. Kapoor and state intelligence Chief K. Rajendra.
The ban is being lifted in the first week of next month and by that time the various service providers will have foolproof verification mechanism in place in the state.
Strict instructions have been issued to the various mobile companies operating in the state to ensure proper verification mechanism to check the antecedents of the new and old service users.
The central government had banned pre-paid mobile phones in the state on security grounds from Nov 1, but the move had evoked severe criticism from various political parties, including the state's ruling National Conference.
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