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Telecom companies such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea are all set to increase their tariffs by upto 50%.

Telecom companies such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Idea are all set to increase their tariffs by upto 50%. Senior economic journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta explains what has led these top telecom companies to hike their rates at the same time. He also draws the connection between the hikes in tariff and the recent revision of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) by the Supreme Court of India.