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Airtel pays additional Rs 8,000 crore as dues to government

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Bharti Airtel has paid an additional amount of Rs 8,004 crore to the government towards Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues, days after paying Rs 10,000 towards its statutory dues.

Bharti Airtel had earlier paid Rs 10,000 crore to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) after the telecom department had begun issuing orders to telecom companies to clear their dues immediately or face "necessary action". Bharti Airtel had then said that it would make payment of the remaining amount after a self-assessment exercise.

According to last available estimates, the company owes nearly Rs 35,586 crore to the government, including licence fee and spectrum usage charges.