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Vodafone launches Budget Alerts

Bangalore, June 26, 2009 : Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular service providers, today launched its ‘Budget Alert’ service to enable its prepaid and postpaid customers to keep abreast with the latest on the upcoming Indian Union Budget to be announced on July 6, 2009,

A customer needs to dial *123*123# to request for this Budget Alert Service Pack. On activation, the customer will receive budget highlights, updates, trivia’s and all news headlines for a one-time subscription charge of just Rs.30/- .

Sample of Budget Alerts:

Alert 1- GLOSSARY:

Term: CAPITAL RECEIPTS include loans raised by Center from the market, government borrowings from RBI and proceeds from disinvestment.

Alert 2- TRIVIA

Trivia: Finance Ministry press employees stay within the building for a week before the Budget, with no communication with outside world.

Alert 3- ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Stats: Per capita net national product, at constant prices: 2006-07: Rs 20734 (quick estimates). Source: Economic Survey of India

Alert 4- News: This will have one headline (economy+budget) daily

News: Presentation of Economic Survey on July 2. Source: NDTV

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