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DoT To Issue Notice To Jio, Telenor, 3 Other Telcos To Recover Rs 2,578 Crore

New Delhi : The Department of Telecom (DoT) will issue notice to five telecom operators, including Tata Teleservices, Telenor and Reliance Jio, to recover  R s.  2,578 crore, in the wake of the CAG red-flagging understatement of revenues by the firms. "The DoT will raise demand of  R s.  2,578 crore from the five telecom operators as was mentioned by the CAG in its report this month. The demand will be raised after reconciling the accounts," an official source told PTI. As per the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) tabled in Parliament on December 19, Tata Teleservices, Telenor, Videocon Telecom, Qaudrant (a Videocon Group firm) and Reliance Jio have understated revenues by over  R s.  14,800 crore, resulting in a shortfall of nearly  R s.  2,578 crore to the exchequer. The CAG report said the government was paid  R s.  1,015.17 crore less in licence fee,  R s.  511.53 crore less in spectrum usage c...