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Telcos have to pay Rs 1.47 lakh cr as AGR dues; no waiver: Govt
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Nov, 2019
Indian telecom operators owe the government nearly Rs 1.47 lakh crore in
licence fee (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC) and there is no
consideration for a waiver, the Communications Ministry told Parliament
on Wednesday.
Of the total amount, the licence fee comes to Rs
92,642 crore as of July this year, while SUC comes to Rs 55,054 crore as
of October-end this year.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea hold
the majority of the dues. For Bharti Airtel, dues are around Rs 35,586
crore -- Rs 21,682 crore as LF and Rs 13,904 crore as SUC excluding Tata
Teleservices and Telenor -- while for Vodafone Idea they amount to Rs
53,038 crore, of which Rs 28,309 crore is LF and Rs 24,730 in SUC.
"The
Supreme Court upheld the definition of 'gross revenue' and 'adjusted
gross revenue' as enumerated in the Licence Agreement. The court has
directed to make the payments of due amounts within three months and
report the compliance," the ministry said in response to two questions
in Lok Sabha, related to payment of dues and penalties.
"These
amounts (licence fee) are provisional and subject to revision in light
of the Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment dated 24.10.2019," the ministry
added, indicating that the total dues could be higher than the Rs 1.47
lakh crore figure.
On the question of whether the government has
proposed to provide a waiver for penalties and interest on the
non-payment of license fee on AGRs by carriers and whether the
government is considering to extend the time limit for the payment of
licence fee, penalty, interest and other dues, the ministry said: "No
such proposal is under consideration of the government as on date."
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