Bharti Airtel Limited has informed the Exchange about Action(s) taken or orders passed
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Bharti Airtel received two penalty notices from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on April 8, 2026, for alleged violations of subscriber verification norms under its telecom licence. The Assam circle notice carries a penalty of Rs. 6,32,000 based on a Customer Application Form (CAF) Audit for the quarter ending December 2025, while the Karnataka circle notice carries a penalty of Rs. 2,02,000 based on a CAF Audit for February 2026. The total financial exposure from both notices is Rs. 8,34,000. The company has stated it does not agree with the Assam notice and will seek rectification or reversal, while it has chosen not to contest the Karnataka penalty and will pay it. The filing was made under SEBI Listing Regulations disclosure requirements, though the penalties themselves are from DoT, not SEBI.
The combined penalty of about Rs. 8.34 lakh is financially negligible for a company of Bharti Airtel's scale and is unlikely to have any meaningful impact on the stock price. It reflects routine regulatory compliance matters related to telecom licensing norms rather than any structural business concern.