AGR Crisis Explained: What Went Wrong, What Remains, and What Can Still Be Done
Among the many regulatory and legal battles that have shaped India's telecom sector, none has been as far-reaching and destructive ...
Tag: AGR Dues
Vodafone Idea’s Debt Crisis: Can GOI’s Band-Aid Fix Prevent a Telecom Collapse?
The moratorium period for the payment of dues on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and spectrum auctions held before FY21 is ...
VI — The Road Ahead
Recently the GOI decided to convert the VI’s interest payment obligations during the moratorium period into preferential equity. Doing so ...
The Key Challenges of Bailing out VI
This note is a follow-up to my earlier writings on this topic. The first one is titled — “The Collateral ...
Does VI deserve a bailout? If yes, why?
Normally, businesses routinely go bankrupt — driven mainly by wrong financial decisions or a host of uncontrolled factors such as ...
Ultimately, It’s About Policy Clarity and Precision!
Yesterday, the SC came down heavily upon the operators that it won't allow them to highjack its judgment by enabling them ...
DoT AGR Demand – Operator Impact
(This note has been edited after availability of actual numbers in DoT's application for modification filed on 16th March 2020) ...