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Foreigners with e-visas to get free SIM cards

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Foreigners with e-visas to get free SIM cards

NEW DELHI: Foreign tourists availing e-visas will now get pre-activated free SIM cards as they arrive here, a move hailed by tour operators' body IATO.

Launching the much awaited service, Minister Mahesh Sharma said the talk time to the tune of Rs 50 will be available on the BSNL SIM card which will also have 50 MB data.

Initially, the service will be provided at Indira Gandhi Airport here but will be later extended to 15 other airports in the country where e-visa facility is available, he added.

“The initiative will help the tourists to immediately communicate with their relatives at home, hotels, tour operators and so on. I got this idea when I had got a similar card when I had visited Sri Lanka,” Sharma said.

The minister said the facility will provide ease to the tourists who have to spend about two hours to get their SIM cards activated after they land in . (AGENCIES)

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