Government approved ₹6,982 crore as additional capex support for BSNL in 2025.
This is over and above ₹3.22 lakh crore support extended earlier, including ₹69,000 crore package in 2019, ₹1.64 lakh crore in 2022, and 4G/5G spectrum worth ₹89,000 crore in 2023.
The government has approved ₹6,982 crore as additional capex support for BSNL in 2025, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
The approval for capex is in addition to the support of ₹3.22 lakh crore given to the state run telecom firm in various tranches, starting with ₹69,000 crore revival package in 2019, ₹1.64 Lakh crore in 2022 and allotment of 4G and 5G spectrum worth ₹89,000 crore in 2023, Minister of State for telecom Pemmasani Chandrasekhar said in the Rajya Sabha.
"In 2025, an additional amount of ₹6,982 crore has been approved as additional Capex support for the rollout of 4G network by BSNL across the country," Pemmasani said in a written reply.
As of July 31, BSNL has installed a total of 96,300 sites for 4G services, and 91,281 sites are on-air.
The minister said that due to the revival packages, BSNL has started earning operating profits from FY 2020-21.
"BSNL has earned net profit of ₹262 crore and ₹280 crore in quarters 3 and 4 of Financial Year 2024-25, respectively," the minister said.
