Vodafone Idea and Airtel Plea for AGR Dues Considered by Supreme Court: Report

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Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) and Bharti Airtel had submitted a plea to the Supreme Court (SC) of India saying that the AGR (adjusted gross revenue) dues calculation by the telecom department was wrong. The telcos were talking about the arithmetic errors that happened. Now, according to PTI, the Supreme Court has decided it will consider the plea from the telcos. This has pushed the stock of Vodafone Idea up by 6% on Tuesday to Rs 17.66. Bharti Airtel’s stock is also running in the green considering this development.

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Back in 2021, the Supreme Court of India has already once rejected the plea of the telcos seeking correction of errors in the demand of AGR dues. According to the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) calculation, telcos owe more than Rs 1 lakh crore to the government in the form of AGR.

However, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel do not agree with that. The telcos believe that there has been an arithmetic error from the side of DoT in calculating the dues amount. As per DoT, Vodafone Idea (Vi) owed Rs 58,254 crore in AGR while Airtel owed Rs 43,980 crore. The Supreme Court had asked the telcos to clear the payment in 10 years.