Voda Idea Share Price: Strong rise in the shares of debt-ridden telecom company, know the reason for the rise?

Business Desk – Voda Idea Share Price: During early trading hours today, shares of telecom giant Vodafone Idea witnessed a huge surge > they even went above their FPO price level. On the evening of Thursday, April 30, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) gave some relief to this debt-ridden telecom company in the matter of its AGR dues.

The impact of this development was clearly visible on the company’s shares today. Some investors took advantage of this rally, which led to a slight decline in the share price. However, due to buying interest at lower levels, the stock still maintains a very strong position.

Currently, it is trading at Rs 10.72 (Vodafone Idea share price) on BSE, which is 4.89% higher. The stock jumped 9.98% to reach a high of Rs 11.24 during intra-day trading.

What kind of relief has Vodafone Idea got?

According to information given in the exchange filing, the Telecom Department has reduced the company’s outstanding AGR dues by 27%, bringing the total outstanding amount down from Rs 87,695 crore to Rs 64,046 crore.

Under the relief package given to the company, it will have to pay at least Rs 124 crore annually during the six-year period from March 2025 to March 2031. After this, it will have to pay at least Rs 100 crore annually for a period of four years from April 2031 to March 2035. Whatever outstanding amount is left after this will have to be repaid in six equal annual installments between March 2036 and March 2041.

What do market analysts say?

According to market analysts keeping an eye on Vodafone Idea, the company has got relief, but it is less than the market expectations. The market expected the outstanding amount to be reduced by about 50%.

Analysts say that as a result of the AGR relief, cash outflows associated with these dues are expected to be negligible till FY2025. However, they also point out that despite the relief on the AGR front, Vodafone Idea’s dues related to spectrum usage are still quite high.

Vodafone Idea has a spectrum liability of Rs 49,000 crore, which will have to be repaid over a period of three years. This includes payment of Rs 7,000 crore in the current financial year, Rs 15,000 crore in the next financial year (FY2028) and Rs 27,000 crore in FY2029. This figure is also only a part of the company’s total spectrum debt, which is Rs 1.2 lakh crore.

How is the stock performing?

Under Vodafone Idea’s Rs 18,000 crore IPO, shares were allotted to investors at a price of Rs 11. They made their market debut on April 25, 2024. Analyzing the stock’s performance in the last one year, exactly a year ago on August 14, 2025, it was trading at Rs 6.12 on BSE, which was the stock’s 52-week low.

From this low, the stock jumped 109.15% in just four months to reach Rs 12.80 on December 31, 2025, which means investors’ money more than doubled in a period of just four months.