More under DoT net

The department of telecom (DoT) has slapped a Rs 15,019-crore demand notice on Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals, taking the amount it has sought from non-telecom companies to Rs 3.13 lakh crore following a Supreme Court ruling on adjusted gross revenues.

While the DoT has sought Rs 1.47 lakh crore from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and other telecom companies, its demand notices on non-telecom companies now total at more than double of the telecom firms.

In a regulatory filing, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals said it has received a demand notice dated December 23, 2019 from the office of the controller of communication accounts in the DoT. The notice seeks payment of over Rs 15,019 crore before January 23, 2020 “in respect of financial years from 2005-06 to 2018-19 in connection with V-SAT and ISP licences held by the company.”