Vodafone Idea may face ₹800 crore AGR payment over six years

Even as Vodafone Idea has received a breather on most of its adjusted gross revenue dues, a near-term obligation remains. The telecom operator will need to pay ₹700–800 crore in AGR dues related to FY18 and FY19 over six years, including the current financial year, according to two officials familiar with the matter.This amount is outside the ₹87,695 crore in AGR dues as of 31 December 2025, which the government has frozen, and Vodafone Idea will pay it between FY32 and FY41.The reassessment process to arrive at Vodafone Idea’s final AGR liability is expected to take four to five months, one of the officials said.“In the Supreme Court’s 1 September 2020 order, the table of AGR calculations also included figures for FY18 and FY19.

However, the Court crystallised the AGR dues only up to FY17,” the second official said. “As a result, Vodafone Idea will still need to pay the dues for FY18 and FY19.

The amount is small compared to the substantial relief it will have from the timeline extension to pay its huge AGR dues.”AGR is the revenue base used to calculate licence fees and spectrum usage charges payable to the government.Over the next few months, the department of telecommunications (DoT) will undertake a detailed reassessment of the ₹87,695 crore AGR dues of the company.The exercise will involve reassessment at each local circle level, going through the history of the subsidiaries linked to Vodafone Idea before the merger and the licences it had secured, the second official said, adding that the final amount is expected to reduce.The DoT will also seek detailed, circle- and year-wise information from Vodafone Idea to address discrepancies in the dues. A government committee will decide the final outcome of the AGR