The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) is proposing to re-examine the Mini Ratna status of the PSUs which are not performing to the required level for the last three years.

BSNL may come on the radar. Though it was eligible for Nava Ratna Status on the basis of its performance earlier, the same was denied and only Mini Ratna was granted to it. But if the said proposal of the DPE is accepted, there is a chance that BSNL may lose its Mini Ratna status also, since its performance for the last two years have not been up to the mark. It is well known that BSNL has been posting losses mainly because of the anti-PSU policy of the government and the lack-lustre performance of the top management.  After the ‘Customer Delight Year’ project has been started by the JAC, the negative trend has changed for positive, but to what extent  is not known.  However, the DPE will have to think about this trend also before taking any action to downgrade BSNL. The BSNL Management and the unions should strongly demand not to demote the PSU.

HMT, Hindustan Papers and Hindustan Newsprint are also on the radar of the DPE for taking away the Mini Ratna stauts from them.