Rs 3.13 lakh crore: What DoT wants from non telecom companies

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has slapped a Rs 15,019 crore demand notice on Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd taking the total amount it has sought from non-telecom companies to Rs 3.13 lakh crore following a Supreme Court ruling.
While the DoT has sought Rs 1.47 lakh crore from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Ltd and other telecom companies after the Supreme Court’s ruling on revenues that need to be taken into consideration for payment of government dues, 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 Ltd said it has received a December 23, 2019, demand notice from the Office of Controller of Communication Accounts in DoT, Ministry of Communications, seeking 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.”