Govt should be less litigious with industry: Mittal

Telecom major Bharti Airtel’s Chairman Sunil Mittal on Monday said the government should be less litigious with the industry.

He said the Supreme Court order on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) issue, which has come as a result of a government petition, has taken out a lot of money from the industry that could have been utilised for building telecom networks in rural areas and launching 5G technology.

Mittal was speaking at the launch of a book ‘Some Sizes Fit All’, written by Bharti Enterprises Vice Chairman Akhil Gupta.

Without naming Vodafone Idea, Mittal also raised doubts on its sustenance in the present situation.