Vodafone Idea Pays Rs 1000 Crore To Telecom Department Towards AGR Dues

Vodafone Idea Ltd. on Thursday paid Rs 1,000 crore more to the Department of Telecommunications towards its annual gross revenue dues, a senior official said.

The company had paid Rs 2,500 crore to the government towards AGR dues on Monday. In all, it owes Rs 53,000 crore to the telecom department.

The DoT source said that notices will also be sent to Tata Teleservices for recovery of full dues in a day or two. The company had paid Rs 2,197 crore to the government on Monday, while DoT’s calculations peg the outstanding amount at over Rs 14,000 crore.—Bloomberg Quint