Fresh notices on telco dues

The department of telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday has sent out fresh notices to the telecom operators to pay their AGR dues, a day after the Supreme Court lashed out at the operators for self-assessing their arrears on account of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR).

The DoT has put the dues of the operators at Rs 1.6 lakh crore comprising principal dues till 2016-17, and interest, penalty and interest on penalty, till October 2019.

The DoT in its notice said no self-assessment of AGR by the operators would be considered.

The apex court on Wednesday had also slammed the DoT for letting the operators do the self-assessment of their dues.