Paying salaries to BSNL employees govt’s priority: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

The government’s priority is to pay the outstanding salaries of BSNL employees and contract workers once the condition of the debt-laden firm improves, Union minister

Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The state-owned telecom company is in loss since 2010 and has a debt of around Rs 20,000 crore.

“Our priority is to give salaries to the employees. The entire House knows BSNL’s condition. A revival package has been given by the government for BSNL and MTNL and once the situation improves our priority will be to pay salaries,” the Minister of State for Communications said during the Question Hour.

Replying to another query, he said the government’s priority once the funds are arranged will be to pay the contract workers engaged with BSNL.