Sources said a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday would discuss the telecom issue
In December 2018, regulator Sebi had permitted mutual funds to create segregated portfolios, or side-pocketing, with respect to debt and money market instruments
The social impact of this could be worse as 300 million subscribers may face the annoyance of network shutdown and churn
In a day of twists and turns, the government received Rs 14,697 crore from three companies out of the telecom sector's total dues linked to adjusted gross revenue estimated at Rs 1.47 trillion
It also takes cognizance of recent losses suffered by the company in the quarter ended December
The ministry will look into startups' concerns on the applicability of easing ESOP norms
While Airtel paid Rs 10,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Ltd put in Rs 2,500 crore and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week
Earlier, Bharti Airtel made payment of Rs 10,000 crore to DoT towards statutory dues
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According to the revised budget estimates, the government expects a fiscal deficit of 3.8 per cent in 2019-20
In an interview with PTI, Das said so far no red flags have been raised but the central bank continues to monitor the situation closely
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said he believes non-telecom PSUs are not covered by the Supreme Court order that asked telecom licence holders to pay statutory dues after including non-telecom revenues. Following the October 24 Supreme Court ruling that non-telecom revenues of telecom firms such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea should be included for considering payments of government dues, the telecom department sought Rs 1.83 lakh crore from gas utility GAIL India Ltd, about Rs 48,500 crore from OIL, Rs 21,953.65 crore from Power Grid Corp and Rs 15,020 crore from Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. The government's demand from such companies was many times more than their net worth. "The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has served notice to government oil companies due to some communication gap. We have placed our side after doing all legal consultations," Pradhan told reporters here. He went on to state that neither of the public sector ...
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Sitharaman said: "In light of court's orders, the department is engaging with telecom companies after the reviews and I will wait to hear from the dept"
The Supreme Court had on Friday dismissed the petitions of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seeking a staggered option to pay their AGR-related dues
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra declined to accept the proposal given by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Vodafone
The company said it will make payment of the balance amount after self assessment exercise
The need of the hour could be to let Vodafone-Idea continue with the business providing them an extended rope to make the payments over a period of time, than to kill the "goose"
According to report, telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices are likely to make payment for the adjusted gross revenue dues today
Bharti Airtel, Voda Idea and Tata Teleservices are jointly liable to pay dues of over Rs 1 trn, but they have informed the DoT of making only partial payment, according their to representatives.
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