BSNL Under Urgent Financial Distress, Sends Out Letter to Government Asking for Help

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-led telecom operator has been suffering financial losses ever since the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator Reliance Jio made its foray into the industry. The government led telco has been under distress and has now sent an SOS to the government, as it is now finding it “nearly impossible” to continue with the operations of the company. The telecom operator currently has an Rs 850 crore liability for June in the name of salaries to its employees, in addition to the Rs 13,000 crore of liabilities which has put a lot of financial pressure on the company.

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BSNL Under Accumulated Losses of Rs 90,000 Crore

Puran Chandra, senior general manager at BSNL’s corporate budget and banking division, in a letter to the joint secretary in the telecom ministry (who also sits on the board of BSNL) said, “The gap between monthly revenues and bare expenses to continue operations as a going concern has reached to a level where continuing with the BSNL operations would be nearly impossible without immediate infusion of adequate equity.”

In its letter which was sent last week to the government, the officials have sought advice about the fate of the company and the last course of action, for saving the distressed company. It is also worth noting that BSNL is country’s top loss-making PSU and as per a report filed by Kotak Institutional Equities, BSNL’s accumulated operational losses surpassed the figure of Rs 90,000 crore by the end of December 2018. This news was first reported by Times of India.