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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
BSNL Headquarters at New Delhi
Company type
Central Public Sector Undertaking
Industry
Telecommunications
Founded
15 September 2000; 23 years ago (2000-09-15)
Headquarters
New Delhi, Delhi
,
India
Area served
India
Key people
Ashwini Vaishnaw (Cabinet Minister for Communications)
Pravin Kumar Purwar, ICFS (Chairman & MD)
[1]
Services
Fixed line telephone
Mobile telephony
Broadband
Internet services
Internet television
IPTV
Revenue
₹20,701 crore (US$2.6 billion) (2023)[2]
Operating income
₹1,558 crore (US$200 million) (2023) [2]
Net income
₹−8,162 crore (US$−1.0 billion) (2023)[2]
Total assets
₹147,496 crore (US$18 billion) (2023)[2]
Total equity
₹62,963 crore (US$7.9 billion) (2023)[2]
Owner
Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
Number of employees
57,861 (as on 29 February,2024 as per RTI)
Parent
Department of Telecommunications
Ministry of Communications
Government of India
Divisions
Bharat Fiber
BSNL Broadband
BSNL Mobile
Bharat Net
BSNL Towers Limited[3]
Subsidiaries
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited[4]
[5]
Website
Official Website
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(abbreviated as BSNL) is a state-owned telecommunications company, based in India, owned by the Government of India. It operates as a central public sector undertaking with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. BSNL falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Telecommunications, which is part of the Ministry of Communications, Government of India. The company was established on 1 October 2000 by the Government of India. BSNL provides mobile voice and internet services through its nationwide telecommunications network across India. It is the largest government-owned-wireless telecommunications service provider in India.[6] In 2022, BSNL reported a loss of Rs 57,671 crore since inception.[7]In the financial year 2022-23 it incurred a loss of Rs 6,662 crore. [8]
^"MTNL-chairman-purwar-to-assume-additional-charge-as-BSNL-cmd". livemint. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ abcde"23rd Annual Report" (PDF). Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^"Cabinet allows, BSNL to sell tower assets". Economic Times. 18 September 2017.
^"MTNL to be a BSNL subsidiary". The Hindu. 29 June 2019.
^"Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data as on 30 November, 2019" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 30 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "BSNL, MTNL losses at Rs 73,000 crore since inception". The New Indian Express. 10 December 2022.
^"BSNL's April-June net loss narrows to Rs 1,470 crore". Financial Express. 15 August 2023.
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₹20,701 crore (US$2.6 billion) (2023)[2]
₹−8,162 crore (US$−1.0 billion) (2023)[2]