Mumbai: Reliance Jio working with Reliance Foundation today announced two initiatives for the Covid19 pandemic period which include 300 free minutes of outgoing calls per month and additional recharge.

The company said: JioPhone was launched with the mission to provide a digital life to every Indian. In these unprecedented times of the Covid pandemic, we at Jio want to ensure that staying connected remains accessible and affordable for all customers, especially the less-privileged sections of our society.To ensure this, Jio has announced two special initiatives for the pandemic period:

1. Jio working with Reliance Foundation will provide 300 free minutes of outgoing calls per month (10 minutes per day) for the entire period of the pandemic,to JioPhone users who have not been able to recharge due to the ongoing pandemic.

2. Additionally, to further enhance affordability, for every JioPhone plan recharged by JioPhone user, they will get an additional recharge plan of the same value for free.For example, a JioPhone user recharging with Rs 75 plan, will get an additional Rs 75 plan absolutely free. This offer is not applicable on annual or JioPhone device bundled plans.