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India's 'self-goal' in telecom

And urgent steps to avert a cascading crisis

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Illustration: Binay Sinha

The government apparently cannot resolve the problems in telecommunications. Why?  Because the authorities are trying to balance the Supreme Court order on adjusted gross revenue (AGR), with keeping the telecom
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First Published: Mar 05 2020 | 12:11 AM IST

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