With the latest service tax change to 14 percent, telecom operators are making sure the burden gets to the people. India Govt owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has now revised its popular Voice STVs for prepaid customers to offer reduced benefits and validity.

One of the popular voice rate cutter STV of BSNL the STV44 that offered local voice calls to any network at 1.4 paisa per second with validity of 30 days now got reduced to 27 days validity. Another popular voice STV135 that offered 335 minutes of free local and STD voice calls to any network now got reduced to 300 minutes voice call and reduced validity of 28 days from earlier 30 days. The unlimited local BSNL to BSNL voice STV344 also got a validity reduction to 24 days from the earlier 27 days. Here the complete list of all revised BSNL voice STVs.

Old Voice STVsNew Voice STVs
DESCRIPTION OF VOUCHERMRP (in Rs.) (in Rs.) incl of S. TaxValidityDESCRIPTION OF VOUCHERMRP (in Rs.) (in Rs.) incl of S. TaxValidity
335 Mins Local / STD to Any Network13530300 Mins Local / STD to Any Network13528
365 Mins Local / STD to Any Network15930
Local any net 1.4P/2Sec4430Local any net 1.4P/2Sec4427
Local any net 1.4P/2Sec12290Local any net 1.4P/2Sec12281
UNLIMITED Local On-net free34427UNLIMITED Local On-net free34424
STV Voice local onnet@12ppm6528STV Voice local onnet@15ppm6527
UNLIMITED LOCAL/STD ONNET CALLS69930UNLIMITED LOCAL/STD ONNET CALLS69928
Unlimited (Local + STD) on-net calls1646Unlimited (Local + STD) on-net calls1645
80 mins LOCAL AND STD CALLS ON-NET33672 mins LOCAL AND STD CALLS ON-NET335

The above revised voice STV will come into effect from 9th June 2015 for pan India BSNL prepaid customers.