The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to disconnect over 27 lakh SIM cards. This is for the Bihar License Service Area (LSA). Amongst the 27 lakh SIM cards, over 3 lakh SIMs have been issued by the state-run telecom company (BSNL), while the remaining have been issued by the private telcos including Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi). This crackdown is primarily for customers who have more than nine SIM cards under their name. According to the rules set by DoT, no mobile subscriber in India can have more than nine SIM cards under…