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Airtel is taking away its most-affordable prepaid plan for users in India who now have to spend more to get data and calling benefits.
Airtel’s cheapest prepaid plan now costs Rs 299
Airtel is making its data plans for prepaid users costlier from this week onwards in India. Yes, people using Airtel prepaid plans will have to shell out more as the most affordable plan from the operator has been removed from its roster. We are talking about the Airtel Rs 249 prepaid plan that has gradually become the cheapest plan from the company after multiple revisions in the last one year.
This plan gives you data usage, voice call support and free SMS benefits per day along with a decent chunk of validity. But with the telecom industry looking to increase its business revenue, the customer is likely to pay a heavy price, in this case, the Airtel prepaid users.
Airtel Prepaid Plan Worth Rs 249 Discontinued: What Do You Get Now?
So now that the Rs 249 Airtel prepaid plan has been removed since 00:00 August 20, 2025, what is the cheapest offering from the company in the country? You have to take the Rs 299 prepaid version which has all the same benefits plus gives you four additional days of validity. We were able to confirm about this change which is now available on the Airtel website.
Here’s a quick comparison between the outgoing and the current Airtel prepaid plan.
Rs 249 Airtel prepaid plan
1GB data usage per day, Unlimited local and STD calls (with roaming), 100 SMS/day and free Perplexity Pro AI plan for 12 months. 24 days validity.
Rs 299 Airtel prepaid plan
1GB data usage per day, unlimited local and STD calls (with roaming), 100 SMS/day and free Perplexity Pro AI plan for 12 months. 28 days validity.
Time To Pay More
Prepaid users have got a good deal from telcos in the country for a while but their time is coming to an end. Industry analysts have repeatedly pointed out the companies are now going to hike tariffs and this seems to be one way of doing it. Rather than bringing new plans for the subscribers, they are seeing the older, cheaper ones being discontinued.
The Rs 50 increase in your monthly expenses for the prepaid plan is similar to the hike that postpaid users got a few months back. People have gotten used to cheap data rates for many years, but now those days seem to be slowly ending.
S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr…Read More
S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr… Read More
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