26/03/2026
Telecom companies offer Recharge Plans with ‘Daily Data Limits’ like 1.5GB, 2GB or 3GB per day, resetting every 24 hours. Any Unused Data EXPIRES at midnight, despite being fully paid for. You are billed for 2GB. You use 1.5GB. The remaining 0.5GB disappears as day ends. No refund. No rollover. Just gone. This is not an accident. This is policy. Use it unnecessarily, or lose it by midnight. That’s how mobile data works today. I raised this issue in Parliament - Why should data that we have paid for be FORFEITED? My demands are clear: 1. Allow Data carry-forward/ Data rollover for all users All telecom operators should provide Rollover of Unused Data. What remains unused at the end of the day, should be added to the next day’s limit, not erased the moment validity ends. 2. Give option of Adjustment of Unused Data against next month’s Recharge Amount If a consumer consistently under-utilises their data over multiple cycles, there should be a mechanism for Adjustment or Discount of that value, from the following month’s Recharge Amount. Consumers should not repeatedly pay for capacity they do not use. 3. Allow Transfer of Unused Data to relatives & friends Unused data should be treated as the consumer’s digital property. Users should be allowed to transfer it to others, just like money. As we build a Digital India, access cannot depend on data that disappears. UNUSED DATA should carry forward into the next cycle. Jo aapka hai, woh rehna chahiye. india
