With an aim to provide cheap connectivity to students, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Thursday announced a new basic telephone tariff scheme for students to access Internet with a monthly rental of Rs 99 and a usage charge of 60 paise per three minutes.

Under the new 'Student Internet Scheme', the students have to pay Internet usage charges separately, a BSNL statement said in New Delhi.

The scheme will be effective from December 1, 2003 in all the telecom circles of BSNL.