KATHMANDU: The Finance Committee under the federal parliament has directed the government to recover the due amount of Rs 2.96 billion from the telecommunication service providers (TSP).
The meeting of the committee held at Singha Durbar on Sunday has directed the Ministry for Communication and Information Technology and Ministry of Finance to recover the due amount within a month.
Chairperson of the committee, Krishna Prasad Dahal informed that the committee has cautioned the government to suspend the services of the organizations until they pay the due amount. Total nine service providers need to pay due amount of Rs 2,960,085,000 to the government and Nepal Telecommunication Authority. The committee has asked the government to start the scrapping process of those companies if the service providers failed to pay the amount within the stipulated time.
Likewise, the committee has asked the government to initiate to implement the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Capital Gains Case of Ncell at the earliest. The Ministry of Finance had submitted a report to the committee mentioning that Ncell needs to pay Rs 12.73 billion to the government as the due capital gains.
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