With the consideration of TRAI Recommendation on “Ensuring Adequate Numbering Resources for Fixed Line and Mobile Services” Department of Telecommunications has taken the decision of implementing the following:

1. All Fixed to Mobile calls will be dialed with prefix ‘0’ from 15^th January, 2021.
2. There will be no change in dialing plan from fixed to fixed, mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile calls.
3. Suitable announcementwill be made for the same. This announcement shall be played whenever a subscriber dials a fixed to mobile call without prefixing ‘0’.
4.  All fixed line subscribers will be provided with ‘0’ dialing facility.
5. A total of approximately 2539 million numbering series is expected to be generated from the above. This will free up sufficient numbering resources for future use.
6. With the freeing up of sufficient numbering resources, more number of connections can be added in future which will be beneficial to the mobile customers at large.
7. The above changes have been done in order to have minimum inconvenience to the subscribers and freeing up essential numbering resources.

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The Directorate of Higher Education has issued a new circular, which calls for a blanket ban on the use of mobile phones inside the campus of universities and colleges across the state.

In view of the circular, students studying in various universities and colleges across the state will not be able to bring or use mobile phones inside the campus. Colleges will have facility to deposit phones. 

The Directorate observed that many of students and teachers were spending their valuable time on mobile phones during the colleges hours.

It may be noted that state’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had sometimes back banned the use of mobile phones during his official meetings, including cabinet meetings.

The Chief Minister had issued the order asking all ministers to focus on issues that are discussed in the cabinet meetings.The order was issued to prevent the ministers from getting distracted by their mobile phones.

Earlier also he Uttar Pradesh government banned unauthorised persons from carrying mobile phones inside Vidhan Bhawan, which houses the state legislature complex, and all offices affiliated to the state secretariat.

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