Sunil Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla met FM to press for relief


New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS): Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal and Vodafone Idea chief Kumar Mangalam Birla on Wednesday met Finance Minister Nirmala Stharaman to apprise her the current stressed state of affairs in the telecom sector due to huge AGR payment and are learnt to have sought relief for sustenance.

"We are responding to the Supreme Court judgment on AGR dues. Have made our payments, working to calculate the remaining AGR liability. Telecom industry has seen a lot of stress for the past three years," Mittal said.

Earlier in the day, Mittal met Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash. Birla had met Prakash on Tuesday.

 

  

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