As per DoT or Department of Telecom rules, BSNL is allowed to take loan only for capital expenditure. But salaries is not such an expense, hence, BSNL employees are not getting the salary.
Interestingly, BSNL has the lowest debt among all telcos, but still, their employees are being denied salaries.
BSNL has debt of Rs 13,900 crore, meanwhile Airtel has debt of Rs 1.13 lakh crore, and Vodafone has debt of Rs 1.2 lakh crore. The combined debt of Jio is Rs 2 lakh crore.
Is the Govt planning directly for 5G, hence avoiding the cost for 4g altogether?The state-controlled telcos were also demanding fourth-generation or 4G spectrum to stay competitive in the market.