A decision has been taken by the Department of Telecommunications that an exercise should be done on pilot basis in a representative area to know the actual number of active users {Visitor Location Register (VLR) based} as against number of active Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) in that area, subsequently information be collected from all areas for the same month. Accordingly, Delhi and Haryana Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) cells of the Department of Telecommunications have been asked to obtain the information on the same.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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