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Airtel Pitches Rs 350 Minimum Recharge, Signals Price Hike

Bharti Airtel has suggested raising the minimum monthly mobile recharge to Rs 350, with Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal citing rising infrastructure, fuel, electricity, staff and administrative costs. He said the earlier Rs 300 ARPU benchmark was from a decade ago. Airtel hasn't confirmed a price hike or timeline, though it recently raised postpaid tariffs by Rs 50.