Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Reliance Jio has silently removed the sachet packs of Rs 19 and Rs 52 which were available to the company’s prepaid users before the introduction of IUC Top-Ups. The Rs 19 sachet pack offered benefits for one day, whereas the Rs 52 plan ships with a validity of seven days. That said, Reliance Jio’s combo plans for prepaid users now start at Rs 98 and it offers benefits for 28 days from the date of recharge. After the introduction of IUC Top-Ups, Reliance Jio customers are forced to make an additional recharge of either Rs 10 or up to Rs 1,000 for dialling other networks like Airtel, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL. At the moment, we don’t have a piece of official information on why the company removed these sachet packs, but it’s predictable as it doesn’t make any sense for the customers to recharge the sachet packs along with the IUC Top-Ups.

Reliance Jio Sachet Packs Removed: What Could Be the Reason?
For the unaware, Reliance Jio launched the said Sachet Packs for prepaid customers back in January 2018, alongside the unlimited combo and long-term prepaid plans. As for the benefits, the Rs 19 sachet pack used to offer unlimited voice calling without any FUP limit, 150MB of 4G data and 20 SMSes for one day. The Rs 52 sachet pack ships with 1.05GB of data benefit, unlimited voice calls and 70 SMSes for a period of one week or seven days. Also, these packs offered complimentary access to Jio’s content apps like JioTV, JioCinema, JioSaavn and so on.
With the removal of these sachet packs, Reliance Jio’s unlimited combo packs now start at Rs 98 and it offers 2GB of 4G data, unlimited voice calls and 300 SMSes for a period of 28 days.