Will not allow BSNL to die: Minister
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Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the prime reason for the decline of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was inadequate investment in infrastructure expansion in recent years.
The other two reasons for BSNL slipping into the red, according to him, were high employee cost and poor perception of quality of service provided.
“The government is committed to the revival of the BSNL. I want to assure the House that the BSNL will not be allowed to die,” he said during question hour in the Lok Sabha. His assurance comes at a time when the BSNL’s market share dropped from 15.66 per cent four years ago to 11.70 per cent on May 31, 2014.
The Minister said unfair financial costs were also imposed on BSNL.
Mr. Prasad said the BSNL was upgrading the infrastructure and migrating from Public Switched Telephone Network to Next Generation Network to provide more value added services to customers. The Minister said he would take action if cases of BSNL employees conniving with private operators were brought to his notice.
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