It's not actually hard. It's just that the SIM cards not pre-activated. One needs to provide address and ID proof as per DoT (Department of Telecom, India) regu

It's not actually hard. It's just that the SIM cards not pre-activated. One needs to provide address and ID proof as per DoT (Department of Telecom, India) regulations, and SIM would be activated 24 hours later. The cost of SIM card itself is negligible. Check chapter 1 here: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/measuresto%20protectconsumerinterest/TRAI-Handbook12.pdf http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/measures...