AGR Case: Vodafone Idea on brink of exit after Supreme Court verdict
Telecom operators are collectively liable to pay Rs. 1.47 lakh crore in AGR dues as per the Supreme Court order dated October 24, 2019. The deadline to pay the amount ended on January 23, but none of the telecom operators, except Reliance Jio, paid the amount.
Even state-owned BSNL and MTNL did not pay the dues.
As per the last available estimates, Airtel owes nearly Rs. 35,586 crore, including licence fee and spectrum usage charges, to the government.
Vodafone Idea is staring at dues worth Rs. 53,000 crore, which includes up to Rs. 24,729 crore of spectrum dues and another Rs. 28,309 crore in licence fee. Tata Teleservices owes around Rs. 13,800 crore, BSNL Rs. 4,989 crore and MTNL Rs. 3,122 crore.
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