The standing committee on Communications and Information Technology has asked the department of telecommunications (DoT) to diversify its revenue streams from the telecom sector to increase the government’s revenue without burdening the industry excessively.
This is because of the fall in growth rate of revenue receipts for DoT projected in FY25 compared to growth in previous years.
In FY25, DoT is estimated to earn a revenue of Rs 1.1 lakh crore, as per the details shared with the committee. The same includes Rs 25,501 crore from licence fee, Rs 3,000 crore from spectrum usage charges (SUC), Rs 80,766 crore from spectrum auction payments, and Rs 1,000 crore from other sources.
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