The telecom companies are awaiting the Supreme Court's judgement in the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case
Airtel - which has stopped onboarding new customers on its platinum offering after an earlier Trai directive - may not be served a show-cause notice
In its last hearing, the SC had asked the Centre to prepare a plan for recovering AGR dues from bankrupt telecom operators
The consolidation is a significant step towards its synergy realisations and has led to process standardisation for both the retail and enterprise customers
Counsels of both the mobile operators had sought a fortnight for submission of the affidavit
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Analysts, however, say a 5 per cent sale will not help much given the cash burn and rising debt
Telecom company had sought tax refunds for four years but it was allowed for 2014-15.
The payment was due in September 2020 under the terms of the contingent liability mechanism with Vodafone Idea
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Bharti Airtel has already paid Rs 18,000 crore of its AGR dues
In all, AGR dues calculated by the government for 16 entities add up to Rs 1.69 trillion , while telcos' self-assessment place their dues at a mere Rs 37,176 crore
Beleaguered Vodafone Idea Ltd on Friday put its total dues to the government following a Supreme Court order at Rs 21,533 crore -- less than half of what the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has estimated. On a day when Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read met top ministers, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the UK telecom giant's India joint venture, Vodafone Idea Ltd in a statement said it has already paid Rs 3,500 crore out of the "self-assessed" liability of Rs 21,533 crore. The DoT, following the Supreme Court ruling in October last year which said that all kinds of income generated by telecom companies will be considered for calculating government dues, had estimated Vodafone Idea's liabilities at over Rs 53,000 crore. On March 4, Minister of State for Communications & IT Sanjay Dhotre, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, stated that Idea Cellular owed the government Rs 15,230.37 crore and Vodafone Group of ..
Vodafone Idea's payment in particular assumes significance as the company has been under tremendous financial pressure and is confronted with AGR liabilities of over Rs 53,000 crore
While it raises the larger question of the Court's role on matters that have a major impact on the economy, much of the blame also lies with the govt for poor handling of the issue
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
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.
By doing this, we will not only be saving lakhs of jobs and billions of public money
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the top echelons of telecom firms to explain why contempt action should not be taken against them for non-compliance of its AGR order
But receipts from firms stand at a whopping Rs 1.33 trillion for FY21