The device with a QWERTY keypad was earlier priced at Rs 24,990.
The instructions were issued recently on the basis of a Cabinet decision in October this year to implement the phase II of the Ajai Vikram Singh Committee recommendations for cadre restructuring in the forces, allowing for greater promotional avenues for officers.
In a major New year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the defence ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate pay commission, which is delinked from the civilian pay panel.
In a New Year bonanza for its nearly three million shareholders, Reliance Industries will offer them shares of four Anil Ambani group companies on January 25.