BSNL Offering FREE National Roaming facility from 2015 June 15

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 At last the long and eager wait of lakhs of people of India who are used to frequent travelling is ending soon. The Government of India has announced the FREE ROAMING OFFER for all the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) subscribers from 15th of June, 2015.

According to the common feeling, this offer is long overdue. The previous UPA government had already announced to make the whole country under 'free roaming' but failed to execute as promised. Even when the BJP government had promised an year ago to implement free roaming facility throughout India but could come to a conclusion just now only after one year.

However the announcement of the union minister of communications Ravi Shankar Prasad is considered as a boon to most people and is welcomed by all. 

It was earlier felt that how can a person travelling in different areas of 'One India' be charged highly for the incoming and out going calls when he/she crosses one state border.

BSNL, the first and largest telecommunication network in India which recorded a whopping profit of 10,000 crores in 2004, reported a massive loss of 7,500 crores in 2014 due to the inefficiency of those who managed it. This is when many telecommunication companies though small are reaping huge profits with their  well planned and customer-friendly marketing tactics.

Most of the loyal subscribers of BSNL are discarding the state run network for their poor services and high cost for call charges. Even then those who are concerned at the top are not realizing the situation and trying to make necessary changes to bring more people in to the network and increase its profits.

How to Link Voter ID (EPIC) Number with AADHAAR Card Number?

The Aadhaar Card, the product of UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), which was introduced by the previous UPA Government as one of their prestigious pet projects has become a key base for the identity of every Indian individual now. 

The UPA government had to face a lot of criticisms from many political parties including the ruling BJP (which was on the opposition then) for taking up such a mammoth project which incurred so much of money, machinery, manpower and effort.

Aadhar Card Number is linked (SEEDED) with most of the other facilities provided by the various state and central governments in India. Firstly, seeding (linking) of Aadhar card number with bank accounts are done. Then LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections were linked with Aadhaar numbers. Now the government of India is on a national drive to link the citizen's EPIC which means 'Electoral Photo Identity Card' with his/her Aadhar card. 

This process is to control the use duplicate election cards during elections and to weed out the bogus and dormant election identity cards (Voters Cards) which are being used illegally in many parts of the country. 

Though state governments have set up online Voter ID card - Aadhaar linking portals so that each individual can visit the respective websites and link them by himself/herself, there is a national portal trough which every one can get this seeding done easily. 

Click the EPIC - AADHAAR Seeding Portal for the different methods like SMS, Online, E-Mail etc available there. 

http://164.100.132.184/epic/

One Can also get it done on the National Voters' Service Portal

http://electoralsearch.in/