Indian Govt's 5 SMS per day person to person restriction for 15 days

Hi! You have sent 5 SMS today. As per Govt. guidelines, you can,t send more outgoing person to person SMS today. Your SMS services will be resumed post Midnight.

From 18-Aug you have observed that you are getting this message while sending more than 5 SMS to a single person. This was the most ever heard rule by the Indian Government (TRAI), This news has been, rounds since July this year but it’s finally confirmed now. From 18th of August 2012 you can’t send more than 5 SMS to a person, and it has been a person to person Restriction Policy.  
As of now, many telecom operaters have implemented this and users have already started getting these type of messages, while others yet to go. But on a official note, I was not able to find any formal announcement on TRAI's website.

I know its a very sad news for all who chat through SMS. But this action has bound the telecom providers with a great competition, So soon there will be a way to recover it. Lets hope for the good. Stay in touch for more updates on it.

[Updated after 45 min of original post]

New updates are, Its not TRAI who did this. This not a new restriction. This is just a temporary thing for 15 days by Govt. of India. The decision was taken after reports of widespread circulation of SMSs and MMSs containing misleading information about Assam violence, threats to people of northeastern origin living in other parts of the country and doctored videos. 
The home ministry has asked department of telecommunications to implement the order through the telecom operators.
From Friday onwards, no one will be able to send more than 5 SMSs in one go and more than 20 KB of data through mobile phones during the ban period. This ban period is of 15 days.

For more info read: TOI, Yahoo, HT.

Aah! Finally a relief that its not permanent.

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I was on long leave from this dashboard. But when I announced to write this post, following was the reactions of people outside my house.












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Few days back I bought my new tablet i.e. Micromax Funbook P300 and you can find the technical and hardware details of this product here or anywhere just google it. From the day I wanted to right something about my experience on this gadget and....  its AWESOME!!! in terms of satisfaction.
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• It is a true value for your money, available at 6000/- to 6500/- depends upon your local dealer.
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• Its handy, sleek slim design, touch is also good. Battery life is OK.
• Now lets move to its best part. Android 4.0(ICS). A number of free applications and games. I bet it will be your best time killer ever with full satisfaction.

In one line "don't think, just go for it". 

Feel free to contact me for any help/ query on Funbook and yes, of-course thank you all lucky people who read it.    

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