Paying salaries to BSNL employees govt’s priority: Dhotre

New Delhi: 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.