AGR dues: COAI also sought an immediate cut in licence fee levy to three per cent from 8 per cent and reduction in spectrum usage charges.

A clearer picture would emerge when more states announce their 2020-21 budgets. So far only five states have come out with their budgets

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Vodafone Idea's own estimate pegs its dues at Rs 23,000 crore, the DoT has demanded more than double the amount; so far, Vodafone Idea has paid only Rs 3,500 crore worth of pending dues

Share price of Vodafone Idea declined 6.5% to day's low of Rs 3.97 against previous close of Rs 3.97 on BSE.

Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex closed 143 points lower at 39,745 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 closed 45 points lower to 11,633.

Despite an AGR burden of Rs 53,000 crore, Vodafone Idea hopes for a fresh lease of life, right before a crucial meeting of the highest decision-making authority in the Telecom Ministry

Trump has often railed against countries like India with whom the US has a negative trade balance but the pointed reference to Harley Davidson has repeatedly put the spotlight on the company

Inflation in agri-linked commodities such as milk, wheat and sugar dragged Nestle's and Britannia's gross margins by 218bps and 107bps YoY, respectively

Maruti Brezza 2020 launch: The manual petrol version of the car is priced between Rs 7.34-9.98 lakh while the four automatic transmission versions are priced between Rs 9.75 lakh and Rs 11.40 lakh

Presently, lotteries run by state-owned agencies levy 12 per cent GST, while state-authorised 'lotteries' attracts 28 per cent tax

Of total amount, Rs 9,780 crore will be towards secondary sale of shares by GMR group and Rs 1,000 crore will be equity infusion in GMR Airports Ltd

Finance Ministry said that over Rs 1.2 lakh crore has been paid as GST compensation this fiscal, despite cess collection of only 78,874 crore till January 31, 2019

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Primary reason for downgraded rating is lack of relief from Centre after SC on February 14 refused to grant relief in AGR case; Vodafone Idea has to pay Rs 53,000 crore as AGR dues

SC's Monday order hastens crisis for telcos facing revenue losses every quarter; apart from Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have also paid Rs 10,000 crore and Rs 2,197 crore, respectively

DoT is in process of calculating pending AGR dues since FY17; this could raise another round of litigation battle between telecom companies and government

This leaves taxpayers in a fix - GST notice demands money in 16 decimal points, even though bank systems do not recognise more than 2 decimal points

Telcos owe Rs 1.47 lakh crore to DoT, including Rs 92,600 crore as licence fee and Rs 55,100 crore as spectrum usage charges; of total amount, Vodafone Idea owes maximum Rs 53,000 crore

Supreme Court's recent order on the controversial AGR, asking telecom companies to pay Rs 1.47 lakh crore to Department of Telecommunications, has put the government in a tight spot