Government to take action for non-payment of AGR dues

New Delhi: The government has directed the telecom service providers (TSPs) to make payments as per the Supreme Court judgment on AGR and in case of non-payment action will be taken as per license agreements. This was stated in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday by Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre.

Dhotre said that the government has directed the TSPs to make payments as per the Supreme Court judgement of October 24, 2019. In case of non-payment of dues to the Department of Telecommunications, the government will take action as per the license conditions of the TSPs.

In a reply to a related question, Dhotre said the Supreme Court had detached the public sector undertakings (PSUs) from the AGR judgement and directed them to seek relief from the appropriate forum. (IANS)

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