benefits for senior citizens Telephone

Telephone connection would be given on priority to senior citizens of age 65 years and above. They shall be entitled to registrer their demand for one telephone connection in their names. The telephones thus provided shall be transferable only in the name of spouse, if alive after death of the subscriber as a general category telephone and subsequent transfers shall be governed by prevailing telephone transfer rules.
(Vide office circular of Government of India, Ministry of Communications, Dept. of Telecommunications, New Delhi, No. 11/99 &. 1-12/99 PHA dated 05.10.1999)