The telecom company is due to pay Rs 51,400 crore after the Supreme Court ordered the non-telecom revenues to be included in calculating statutory dues.
Google has big ambitions for India, which has a huge first-time internet user population that serves as a test-bed for innovations in smartphone technology.
The company also said that it will pay another Rs 1,000 crore by Friday and will take further stock of the situation to see how further additional payments can be made.
The DoT calculated that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea & others owe as much as Rs 1.47 lakh crore, while non-telecom firms, with some licence from it, owed Rs 2.65 lakh crore.
Following the Supreme Court rejecting Vodafone Idea's plea against paying the govt $4 billion, the companies shares tumbled as much as 39% Friday, the biggest intraday loss on record.
A 3-judge Supreme Court bench rejected an appeal by telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, which have been struggling to reduce debt.
For years, the luxury car market in India was biased towards the entry-level. But today, cars below Rs 40 lakh account for the smallest fraction of sales.
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.