NEW DELHI: Department of Telecom has started issuing demand notices to six telecom firms including Bharti Airtel, RCom and Vodafone, who the CAG had alleged to have under-reported revenues to the tune of Rs 46,000 crore between 2006 and 2010. The demand notices that have been sent out pertain toDelhi telecom circle, sources said, adding that this will befollowed up by similar notices for other circles over the nextfortnight.The notices have given out for one circle for one yearfor each operator, sources added. The six service providers who came under the spotlight following CAG report included Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, Reliance Communications, Tata Tele and Idea. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) ina report tabled in Parliament in March had said these sixcompanies had under-reported their adjusted gross revenue(AGR) by Rs 46,045.75 crore, leading to a loss of Rs 12,488.93crore to the exchequer from 2006 to 2010.Earlier this month, amid allegations and counter- allegations between BJP and Congress, DoT came out with a statement saying that it had received the key documents scrutinised by the CAG in mid-June 2016. "These are being vigorously examined and the processof issue of demands for the four financial years for sixoperators in 22 licence service areas in consonance withlicence agreement is currently ongoing," DoT had stated.The demands raised from the exercise would be recoveredwith due interest and penalty as applicable under licenceagreements, DoT had said. MBI ANZ BALMKJ