Raghav Chadha raised the issue of ‘daily data limit’ in Parliament

Updated: 23-03-2026, 12.40 PM

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has raised the issue of daily data limit in Parliament. He said that we pay for all the data, but at the end of the day all the data is also gone. It should not happen. Every customer should get rollover facility. Telecom companies offer recharge plans with ‘daily data limits’ of 1.5GB, 2GB or 3GB per day that reset every 24 hours. Even after full payment, any unused data expires at midnight.

You are billed for 2GB. You use 1.5GB. The remaining 0.5GB disappears at the end of the day. no refunds. No rollover. just went. This is not an accident. This is the policy. Use it unnecessarily, otherwise it will finish by midnight. This is how mobile data works these days. Raghav Chadha had raised this issue in Parliament that why the data for which we have paid should be confiscated? Unused data should be carried forward to the next cycle, so that consumers can use only what they have already paid for.

Raghav Chaddha’s demands

1. Allow data carry-forward/data rollover for all users

All telecom operators should provide rollover of unused data. The data that is not used at the end of the day should be added to the daily data limit of the next day and should not be deleted as soon as the validity ends.

2. Give option to adjust unused data against next month’s recharge amount
If a consumer consistently underuses their data over multiple cycles, there should be a way to adjust or discount that value from the next month’s recharge amount. Consumers should not have to repeatedly pay for capacity they do not use.

3. Allow transfer of unused data to relatives and friends
Unused data should be treated as the digital property of the consumer. Users should be allowed to transfer their unused data within their daily data limit to others, just like transferring money to others.

Digital India cannot be built on missing data

Raghav Chadha said that as we are building a digital India, access cannot depend on data that disappears. If you paid for it, it should be passed along and remain yours to use.