Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea must pay 10% of AGR dues by March 31: DoT

This is irrespective of what these telecom companies have already paid; lawyers at both firms going through fine print of the Supreme Court order

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are busy dialing their legal teams to interpret what the Supreme Court meant when it said 10 per cent of their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues must be paid by March 31, 2021, even as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) believes there's no ambiguity in the order. 

While these telcos maintain they have already paid more than the 10 per cent of their AGR dues, the DoT view — that the companies will have to pay 10 per cent of the total dues by March 31, 2021, irrespective of what one has already paid — has