Pay Rs 13,613 crore as licence fee for 4 years: DoT to PowerGrid

The DoT also raised a demand of over Rs 3 trillion from non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India

State-run transmission utility Power Grid on Thursday said the Department of Telecommunications has raised a demand of Rs 13,613.66 crore as licence fee for years 2006-07 to 2009-10.
 

“Department of Telecommunication vide its revised Assessment order dated May 22, 2020 in respect of NLD (National Long Distance)licence for the FYs 2006-07 to 2009-10 has asked POWERGRID to pay Rs 13,613.66 crore on account of License Fee for the FYs 2006-07 to 2009-10, interest, penalty and interest on penalty," a regulatory filing by the company said.
 

The Supreme Court’s ruling in October last year led the DoT to demand Rs 1.47