Bharti Airtel Limited has informed the Exchange about Action(s) taken or orders passed
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Bharti Airtel received a notice from the Department of Telecommunications (Madhya Pradesh LSA) on May 2, 2025, slapping a penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 for alleged violation of subscriber verification norms. The penalty follows a Customer Application Form (CAF) Audit done by DoT for February 2025, which allegedly found the company had not adequately verified customers as required under its telecom license terms. The company has decided not to contest the notice and will pay the penalty. The financial hit is restricted to the Rs. 1 lakh penalty amount, with no broader impact flagged on operations or other activities.
Negligible impact for shareholders — Rs. 1 lakh is a trivial amount for a company of Bharti Airtel's scale, and the issue is limited to a specific state. No meaningful effect on financials, operations, or stock price is expected.