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 (Maharashtra LSA) on September 29, 2025, imposing a penalty of Rs. 1,04,000 for alleged violation of subscriber verification norms. The penalty stems from a sample Customer Application Form (CAF) Audit conducted by DoT for July 2025, where certain terms of the License Agreement regarding subscriber enrollment were reportedly not fully met. The company has chosen not to contest the notice and will pay the penalty. Airtel has stated that the maximum financial impact is limited to the amount of the penalty itself.
The penalty amount is negligible (~Rs. 1 lakh) relative to Bharti Airtel's scale of operations and is unlikely to have any meaningful impact on financials, operations, or stock price. This appears to be a routine regulatory compliance matter.