NEW DELHI: IT and communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written statement to the parliament that the Indian telecom operators owe Rs 49,988.44 crore to the Government, which includes license fee to spectrum charges.
The minister added that the demands were issued as per the terms and conditions laid under the License agreement of the telcos.
Of the total arrears, Rs 7,328.75 crore in Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF) penalty, Rs 16,200.76 crore was on account of licence fee, Rs 24,797.68 crore in spectrum charges, and Rs 1,658 crore in Customer Application Form (CAF) penalty, the Minister said.
Also, MNP testing fee arrears stood at Rs 0.49 crore and EMR testing fee arrears were to the tune.