Vodafone Idea should get more time to clear its dues and spectrum charges- Banks told the government. State Bank of India (SBI)-led banks have asked the government to give more time to debt-ridden Vodafone Idea (VODA.NS) to clear its tax dues and spectrum charges. Two bankers and a government official associated with this matter have given this information. An Indian court last year granted a verdict to settle long-standing between government and VIL. The joint venture between the Indian arm of Britain's Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group's Idea Cellular was ordered to pay dues of over $8 billion to the government. Vodafone holds around 44 percent stake in the company and Aditya Birla has around 27 percent. In June, Vodafone Idea's then non-executive chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said that without a government, the Indian mobile company's "financial situation would worsen.