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.
i believe that within several upcoming years bsnl will surely grab its lost position defeating private players and their cheap marketing strategies… instead of fighting throughout two or three different unions i think steps to revive BSNL should be taken unitedly.. to save employment… employees must have to fight back by together by leaving the tag of any specific party…time has arrived to save lives not the so called party tag..go ahead sir being a loyal customer of bsnl and a citizen of republic of India this is just my opinion
I agree with you that it should be a united struggle. In fact, it is what is happening. All the unions and associations of Non-Executives and Executives together are fighting for the survival and strengthening of BSNL. Since 2000 onward it has been united/joint struggles. That is how the VRS and Disinvestment decided by government in BSNL was defeated by the employees. The two days strike on 21-22 April for the revival of BSNL is also a united struggle of all the unions together.
No one can privatise the Bsnl we wont let BSNL to privatise…… This NDA government makeing the people sick
we are also looking forward to get an optimistic change after the strike called on april 21st and 22nd. Hope every possible thing that requires to serve well treatment to bsnl,its all staffs,casual-contract workers and most importantly its subscribers will surely be provided by the govt in accordance with all those demands. we have to make it or shall snatch our rights from the govt