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交通部要求GAIL缴纳18财年7608亿卢比的费用;18.3万卢比的评估没有落实
他们说，现在向GAIL要求的会费包括对逾期付款的罚款。
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BSNL视人力资源转型为转折点
在2022年至2032年的10年期间，平均每年将有近2000名员工退休，这使该公司成为一个更专注于与私营行业企业——Reliance Jio、Bharti Airtel和Vodafone Idea——竞争的组织。
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电信部(DoT)在2月14日最高法院就电信公司所拥有的会费举行听证会后不久就向GAIL发出了通知Bharti Airtel，沃达丰的想法知情人士说。
他们说，现在向GAIL要求的会费包括对逾期付款的罚款。
其要求与14年来有关调整毛收入定义的争议有关(AGR)，最高法院同意将电信公司产生的所有收入包括在内。
此外，印度交通部还从GAIL、Oil India等非电信企业提出了超过30亿卢比的需求国家电网公司对于电信牌照，这些公司主要是为了内部通信目的而获得的。
对于GAIL，交通部评估了关于IP-II许可证的年度许可证费用18.3076亿卢比。消息人士称，这包括利息和罚款。
GAIL和其他非电信公司认为，最高法院2019年10月的裁决不适用于他们，并提交了请愿书，要求最高法院做出澄清。
2月14日，最高法院驳回了电信公司关于放松支付的请求。对于非电信公司，它要求与适当的论坛接触，以纠正他们的不满。
GAIL董事长兼董事总经理Manoj Jain拒绝对交通部的要求发表评论，他说，最高法院2月14日允许非电信公司撤回他们的请愿书，这足以说明“我们的案件与电信公司的不同”。
在交通部的18.3万亿卢比评估中，GAIL此前在一份监管文件中表示，这些与其IP-II许可证的条款和条件无关。
该公司表示:“基于在这方面寻求的法律选择和案件事实，该公司认为，临时评估令中评估的金额在法律上是站不住脚的。”
运输部通过简单地计算非电信psu的所有收入(如石油和天然气业务)和征收许可费来计算费用。
消息人士称，虽然交通部曾向印度石油公司寻求4848.9亿卢比的过去费用，以弥补其租赁给第三方的剩余带宽容量，但电网公司被判处21935.65亿卢比的责任。古吉拉特邦纳尔默达河谷化肥和化学品公司面临15019.97亿卢比的支出。
2月14日，最高法院叫停了运输部，因为它没有执行10月24日的命令，给电信公司三个月的时间缴纳会费。几小时后，交通部向Airtel和Vodafone Idea发出通知，要求他们立即结清会费。
OIL是该国第二大国有石油生产商，持有国家长途服务许可证(NLD)，主要目标是监控和运营其管道网络。
该公司可使用的剩余频宽容量已出租予电讯营办商/其他用户，并定期向电讯部门缴付适用的牌照费。
消息人士称，持有NLD和互联网服务提供商(ISP)牌照的印度电网公司被要求在2012-13年度至2017-18年度支付21,953.65亿卢比(包括利息和罚款)，将与电力传输和咨询相关的收入作为调整后总收入中的“杂项收入”。
古吉拉特邦纳尔玛达谷化肥和化学品公司拥有一个非常小孔径终端(VSAT)和一个“a”类ISP，被要求在2005-06年度至2018-19年度支付15019.97亿卢比。
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<\/figure> New Delhi: The DoT<\/a> has sought Rs 7,608 crore in dues from GAIL<\/a> India for 2017-18 as the department appeared to be not pressing for immediate payment of Rs 1.83 lakh crore in past dues it had previously assessed from the state-owned gas utility. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) sent a notice to GAIL soon after the February 14 hearing in the Supreme Court on dues owned by telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel<\/a>, Vodafone Idea<\/a>, sources privy to the development said.
The dues now being sought from GAIL include a penalty for late payment, they said.
<\/div><\/div>The Supreme Court's original ruling in October last year led the DoT to demand Rs 1.47 lakh crore in unpaid dues on licence fees and spectrum usage charges from telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.
Its demand related to a 14-year-old dispute regarding the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR<\/a>), which the Supreme Court agreed should include all kinds of income generated by the telcos.
Alongside, the DoT also raised a demand of over Rs 3 lakh crore from non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India and PowerGrid<\/a> for telecom licences these firms had primarily acquired for internal communication purposes.
For GAIL, the DoT assessed an outstanding of Rs 1,83,076 crore towards annual licence fee in respect of IP-II Licence. This included interests and penalty, sources said.
GAIL and other non-telecom firms felt the October 2019 ruling of the Supreme Court did not apply to them and filed petitions seeking clarification from the apex court.
On February 14, the Supreme Court rejected telcos' petition regarding relaxation in the payments. To non-telecom firms, it asked to approach appropriate forums for redressal of their grievance.
Refusing to comment on the DoT demand, GAIL Chairman and Managing Director Manoj Jain said the Supreme Court on February 14 allowing the non-telecom firms to withdraw their petition is indicative enough that \"our case is different\" than telcos'.
Its demand related to a 14-year-old dispute regarding the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR<\/a>), which the Supreme Court agreed should include all kinds of income generated by the telcos.
Alongside, the DoT also raised a demand of over Rs 3 lakh crore from non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India and PowerGrid<\/a> for telecom licences these firms had primarily acquired for internal communication purposes.
For GAIL, the DoT assessed an outstanding of Rs 1,83,076 crore towards annual licence fee in respect of IP-II Licence. This included interests and penalty, sources said.
GAIL and other non-telecom firms felt the October 2019 ruling of the Supreme Court did not apply to them and filed petitions seeking clarification from the apex court.
On February 14, the Supreme Court rejected telcos' petition regarding relaxation in the payments. To non-telecom firms, it asked to approach appropriate forums for redressal of their grievance.
Refusing to comment on the DoT demand, GAIL Chairman and Managing Director Manoj Jain said the Supreme Court on February 14 allowing the non-telecom firms to withdraw their petition is indicative enough that \"our case is different\" than telcos'.
<\/div><\/div>\"We are working on what appropriate forum should we go to for an appeal against the DoT order,\" he said. \"We have already paid whatever was due and according to us there is no outstanding.\"
On the Rs 1.83 lakh crore assessment by the DoT, GAIL had previously in a regulatory filing stated that these were unrelated to the terms and conditions of its IP-II Licence.
\"Based on the legal option sought in this regard and facts of the case, the company is of the view, that the amount assessed in provisional assessment orders is legally not tenable,\" it had said.
The DoT had computed dues of non-telecom PSUs by simply taking all their revenues earned such as oil and gas operations and levying licence fees.
Sources said while the DoT had sought Rs 48,489 crore in past dues from Oil India on the surplus bandwidth capacity it had leased to third parties, Power Grid Corp was slapped with Rs 21,953.65 crore liability. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals faces a payout of Rs 15,019.97 crore.
On February 14, the Supreme Court had pulled up the DoT for not enforcing its October 24 order that gave telcos three months' time to pay dues. Hours later, the DoT sent notices to Airtel and Vodafone Idea asking them to clear dues immediately.
OIL, the nation's second-biggest state-owned oil producer, holds a National Long Distance Service Licence (NLD) with the primary objective of monitoring and operation of its pipeline network.
The surplus bandwidth capacity available with the company was leased out to telecom operators\/other users, on which the company regularly paid the applicable licence fee to the telecom department (DoT).
PowerGrid, which holds NLD and Internet Service Provider (ISP) licences, was asked to pay Rs 21,953.65 crore (including interest and penalty) for 2012-13 to 2017-18 by adding revenue related to power transmission and consultancy as 'miscellaneous income' in adjusted gross revenue, sources said.
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals, which had a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and a Category 'A' ISP, was asked to pay Rs 15,019.97 crore for 2005-06 to 2018-19.<\/div><\/div>
On the Rs 1.83 lakh crore assessment by the DoT, GAIL had previously in a regulatory filing stated that these were unrelated to the terms and conditions of its IP-II Licence.
\"Based on the legal option sought in this regard and facts of the case, the company is of the view, that the amount assessed in provisional assessment orders is legally not tenable,\" it had said.
The DoT had computed dues of non-telecom PSUs by simply taking all their revenues earned such as oil and gas operations and levying licence fees.
Sources said while the DoT had sought Rs 48,489 crore in past dues from Oil India on the surplus bandwidth capacity it had leased to third parties, Power Grid Corp was slapped with Rs 21,953.65 crore liability. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals faces a payout of Rs 15,019.97 crore.
On February 14, the Supreme Court had pulled up the DoT for not enforcing its October 24 order that gave telcos three months' time to pay dues. Hours later, the DoT sent notices to Airtel and Vodafone Idea asking them to clear dues immediately.
OIL, the nation's second-biggest state-owned oil producer, holds a National Long Distance Service Licence (NLD) with the primary objective of monitoring and operation of its pipeline network.
The surplus bandwidth capacity available with the company was leased out to telecom operators\/other users, on which the company regularly paid the applicable licence fee to the telecom department (DoT).
PowerGrid, which holds NLD and Internet Service Provider (ISP) licences, was asked to pay Rs 21,953.65 crore (including interest and penalty) for 2012-13 to 2017-18 by adding revenue related to power transmission and consultancy as 'miscellaneous income' in adjusted gross revenue, sources said.
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals, which had a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and a Category 'A' ISP, was asked to pay Rs 15,019.97 crore for 2005-06 to 2018-19.<\/div><\/div>
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