According by the value of assts, BSNL is the No.10 company in the whole country, including private companies. This is stated in the Parliament by Arun Jaitley, Finance minister to a question raised in this respect.

The companies as per value of assets are given below:

REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF THE REPLY TO RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1328 ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 10th MARCH, 2015 Table : Names of top-ten companies, by value of assets, in descending order, as on 31.03.2014 S.No. Name of the Company Value of Assets (in Rs. Crore) 1 Reliance Industries Limited 3,67,583.00 2 Indian Oil Corporation Limited 2,52,413.78 3 Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited 2,25,757.39 4 Power Finance Corporation Limited 1,94,164.10 5 NTPC Limited 1,79,554.18 6 Rural Electrification Corporation Limited 1,52,852.90 7 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 1,39,589.07 8 LIC Housing Finance Ltd 95,777.02 9 Steel Authority of India Limited 91,961.89 10 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 89,333.44 Total of top ten companies 17,88,986.76 Source : MCA21 database.

The Government should ensure that BSNL, which is one of the biggest companies with a very asset value, should be strengthened and made viable.