<p>The Centre has no plans for disinvestment of state-owned telecom player BSNL, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan informed the Parliament on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"There is no plan under consideration for disinvestment of BSNL," he told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.</p>.<p>In 2019, the Centre had approved a revival plan for BSNL which included measures to reduce the staff cost through a 'Voluntary Retirement Scheme' (VRS) for employees of age 50 years and above.</p>.<p>The plan also included administrative allotment of spectrum for providing 4G services with funding through budgetary allocation, monetisation of non-core and core assets to generate resources to retire debt and meeting capex and other requirements along with debt restructuring by raising of Sovereign Guarantee Bonds.</p>.<p>Chauhan, in his response to another question, said: "As a result of these measures, BSNL has become EBITDA positive (operating profit) in 2020-21."</p>.<p>To a question regarding the impact of the VRS scheme on services provided by BSNL, he said: "There is no delay or deficiency in services provided by BSNL due to implementation of VRS.</p>.<p>"Current strength of employees is sufficient for operation of BSNL."</p>.<p>The telecom player had a domestic market share of 9.90 per cent for mobile subscribers and 15.40 per cent for wired broadband subscribers as on December 31, 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>The Centre has no plans for disinvestment of state-owned telecom player BSNL, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan informed the Parliament on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"There is no plan under consideration for disinvestment of BSNL," he told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.</p>.<p>In 2019, the Centre had approved a revival plan for BSNL which included measures to reduce the staff cost through a 'Voluntary Retirement Scheme' (VRS) for employees of age 50 years and above.</p>.<p>The plan also included administrative allotment of spectrum for providing 4G services with funding through budgetary allocation, monetisation of non-core and core assets to generate resources to retire debt and meeting capex and other requirements along with debt restructuring by raising of Sovereign Guarantee Bonds.</p>.<p>Chauhan, in his response to another question, said: "As a result of these measures, BSNL has become EBITDA positive (operating profit) in 2020-21."</p>.<p>To a question regarding the impact of the VRS scheme on services provided by BSNL, he said: "There is no delay or deficiency in services provided by BSNL due to implementation of VRS.</p>.<p>"Current strength of employees is sufficient for operation of BSNL."</p>.<p>The telecom player had a domestic market share of 9.90 per cent for mobile subscribers and 15.40 per cent for wired broadband subscribers as on December 31, 2021.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>