Govt asks telcos to submit self-assessment documents on AGR math: Report

Centre has asked the telecom companies to submit self-assessment documents so that DoT can easily examine the AGR calculations.

The government has asked telecom companies to submit AGR self-assessment documents that form the basis of their statutory dues calculation, according to DoT sources.

A customer is served at a stall selling SIM card packets outside a mobile phone store in Mumbai. (Bloomberg)

The sources, who did not wish to be named, said the exercise will help the Department of Telecom examine the AGR calculations being made by the telecom players.

All three telecom companies Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices have been asked to provide substantiating documents to support their claims on AGR arithmetic, they added.