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Will Airtel, Vodafone have to pay Rs 50,000 cr? SC order on AGR tomorrow

The telcos contend that AGR should comprise revenue earned only from telecom services, while the DoT has been insisting that AGR should include all revenues, including those from non-core operations

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During a hearing in June, the DoT had told the apex court that telecom companies owed a total of nearly Rs 92,642 crore to the central government as on June 2019.

Aashish Aryan New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Oct 23 2019 | 10:47 PM IST

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment in the contentious issue of the definition of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) on Thursday. The fourteen year old case has the mobile operators locked in a legal battle with the government over the definition of AGR. It is the basis on which the Department of Telecom calculates levies payable by operators. Telecom companies pay around 3-5% and 8% of the AGR as spectrum usage charges and licence fees, respectively, to DoT.

The telecom companies contend that AGR should comprise revenue earned only from telecom services, while the DoT has been insisting that

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