The government on Wednesday said it has received over Rs 2.15 lakh crore (Rs 2.15 trillion) so far from telecom operators as spectrum fee and licence fee.
Up to June 2011, the government has received Rs 1,27,775.47 crore (Rs 1,277.754 billion) as spectrum charges and Rs 88,095.38 crore (Rs 880.953 billion)
as licence fee from operators, total amounting to Rs 2,15,870.85 crore (Rs 2,158.708 billion), Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
"These figures include entry fee in respect of 2G, 3G and BWA (broadband wireless access)," he added
However, leading telecom firms, including Reliance Communications, Bharti, Idea and state-run MTNL, owe over Rs 127 crore (Rs 1.27 billion) to the government, arising out of default in payment of annual licence fee, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
Deora said that private firms have defaulted to the tune of Rs 99.35 crore (Rs 993.5 million), while MTNL has to pay Rs 27.81 crore (Rs 278.1 million) to the government.
"Notices of demands and reminders are issued by the Department of Telecom.
"Various legal cases are being contested by the Department at different fora," he said. read more
No comments:
Post a Comment