A few important facts about BSNL for information is given below:
1. BSNL is the 10th biggest company in the
country on the basis of assets. BSNL assets are worth Rs.89,333.44 crore
2. Income in 2013-14 – Rs. 27,996.35 crore
3. BSNL Landlines – 1.68 crore ( First position – 63.13%
market share)
4. Mobile lines – 8.01 crore ( 5th Position)(Market Share 8.01%)
5. Towers – 97,000.
6. Telephone Exchanges and Offices – More than 30,000
7. Public Call Office – 57,606
8. Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) – 6,86,444 Route Km.
9. Micro Wave Network – 50,430 Route Km.
10.No. of employees – 2,26,000 ( 3,50,000 in 2000)
(a) Executives – 46,000 (b) Non-executives – 1,80,000
11.Average age of employees – 51 years
12. Casual contract workers – about one lakh
13. Telecom Factories – 7
14. Telecom Training Centres : 50
15. Total Profit for 9 years from 2000-01 – Rs.44,993 crore
16. Total Loss for 5 years from 2009-10
– Rs.31,961 crore
The MNCs and Indian Corporates want BSNL to be privatised to
capture all the assets. This can not be allowed. The telecom PSU, BSNL has to
be strengthened for a better service to the nation.
vannamboodiri--30MondayMar 2015