Shares of Vodafone Idea jumped nearly 7 p.c on Friday after Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla returned to the board of the debt-ridden agency as a further director in a non-executive and non-independent function. The inventory of the telecom agency ended at Rs 6.48, a soar of 6.93 p.c on the BSE. During the day, it zoomed 9.73 p.c to Rs 6.65.
At the NSE, it rallied 6.61 p.c to settle at Rs 6.45. On the traded quantity entrance, 738.77 lakh shares of the company had been traded on the BSE and over 32.62 crore shares on the NSE in the course of the day. Birla stepped down from Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) board in August 2021 as non-executive chairman of the company.
“…the board of directors of the company…at its meeting appointed Kumar Mangalam Birla, as an additional director (Non-Executive and Non-Independent) with effect from 20 April 2023,” VIL mentioned in a regulatory submitting on Thursday.
VIL is reeling below a debt of Rs 2.22 lakh crore, comprising deferred spectrum cost obligations of Rs 1.39 lakh crore and adjusted gross income legal responsibility of Rs 69,910 crore which are due to the federal government. The debt from banks and monetary establishments stood at Rs 13,190 crore as on December 31, 2022.
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