Airtel to pay April salaries of 25,000 staff to support distributors, retail franchises

NEW DELHI: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel will pay the basic income for the April month to nearly 25,000 employees of its distribution partners and retail franchise network in the country.

“We are acutely sensitive that this sudden lockdown has also reduced your operations and returns during April. In order to help you tide over this tough time, we plan to extend a onetime support for the month of April,” Vani Venkatesh CEO – Delhi/NCR said in letter addressed to distribution partners in the circle.

All circle chief executives are writing similar letters to their respective distributors, a person familiar with the matter said.