{"id":982918,"date":"2026-01-01T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=982918"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:50:21","slug":"govt-grants-5-year-lifeline-to-vodafone-idea-freezes-agr-dues-at-%e2%82%b987695-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/01\/govt-grants-5-year-lifeline-to-vodafone-idea-freezes-agr-dues-at-%e2%82%b987695-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt grants 5-year lifeline to Vodafone Idea; Freezes AGR dues at \u20b987,695 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a major relief for debt-laden Vodafone Idea (VIL), the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a significant restructuring of the company\u2019s Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. The decision provides a five-year moratorium on a critical payment of approximately \u20b918,000 crore, which was originally due by March 31, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Under the new schedule, the dues pertaining to FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 will now be payable over a six-year window between FY 2025-26 and FY 2030-31. Sources told TNIE that no additional charges or penalties will be levied during this extended period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major relief for debt-laden Vodafone Idea (VIL), the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a significant restructuring of the company\u2019s Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. The decision provides a five-year moratorium on a critical payment of approximately \u20b918,000 crore, which was originally due by March 31, 2026. Under the new schedule, the dues pertaining to FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 will now be payable over a six-year window between FY 2025-26 and FY 2030-31. Sources told TNIE that no additional charges or penalties will be levied during this extended period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,76,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-new-indian-express","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}