Telecom body asks government to slash regulatory levies and spectrum GST ahead of budget

COAI, the industry body for telecom companies, has requested a reduction in regulatory levies, including the licence fee, to 0.5-1% in the upcoming budget. It also suggested pausing funds to the Digital Bharat Nidhi until the unused corpus is fully utilized. COAI has also recommended GST exemptions and a reduction in GST rates to ease […]