Originally Posted by
legionnaire
This is precisely the reason I prefer having a local number. Has anyone seen an active phone company kiosk or counter at BLR? How does a foreign passport holder get a local number ? (No Aaadhar)
BLR does not have a phone company kiosk that I could find in T2.
I talked to a Jio and Airtel store in the city.
Both were willing to process and issue a physical SIM under an Annual pre-paid plan. Without an Aadhar.
Unfortunately when we reached the payment step, both failed to accept US issued credit cards. I didn't have UPI or an India issued credit card to process the tx.
I ran out of time to chase this down, but it seems possible to get an Indian SIM without aadhar with an annual validity.