Reportedly airtel on monday paid Rs 10,000 crore to the telecom department towards adjusted gross revenue (AGR), the company has said in a statement.Telecom operators Bharti airtel, vodafone idea and Tata Tele are jointly liable to pay dues of over Rs 1 lakh crore. Earlier on friday, Bharti airtel offered the DoT to pay Rs 10,000 crore by february 20, but a DoT official said that the department can't grant any extension.

 

vodafone idea on saturday said that it is assessing the amount that can be paid towards AGR dues, even as it flagged concerns over the continuation of its business. As per report it was stated that 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.

 

Moreover 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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