FM to start-ups: Will look into ESOP tax related issue

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Department of Telecom is in constant dialogue with telecom companies after the Supreme Court pulled up these companies for delaying payment of AGR dues.

“The Department of Telecommunications is actively engaging with telecom companies after the Supreme Court’s order. I will hear from the department what position it wants to take on the matter,” she told a press conference here.

Sitharaman, who was here to interact with the industry leaders, also assured the start-up community that she will look into why a large number of start-ups were left out of the DPIIT registered list.