Lok Sabha Question No. 2659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: ITI Limited
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## ITI LIMITED

## 2659.   SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether ITI Limited, Raebareli is considering any proposal for manpower rationalization and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of permanent employees, contractual staff and casual workers since 2020 in ITI Limited's manufacturing facility in Raebareli, year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  action  to  address  complaints  regarding  delay  in  the release of salaries at ITI Limited, Raebareli and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the order book position of ITI Limited's manufacturing facilities across the country and specifically for Raebareli?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

- (a) No. There is no proposal specific to ITI Limited, Raebareli  regarding  manpower rationalization.
- (b) The details of permanent employees, contractual staff and casual workers since 2020 in ITI Limited's manufacturing facility in Rae Bareli, year-wise is as under: -
- (c) Yes, Government has been taking various measures to provide necessary assistance to ITI Limited. A total of Rs. 4,456.48 Cr. has been provided to ITI Limited as financial assistance.

| Year       |   Permanent |   Contractual |   Casual |   Grand Total |
|------------|-------------|---------------|----------|---------------|
| 01-01-2020 |         725 |            76 |       95 |           896 |
| 01-01-2021 |         555 |            81 |       85 |           721 |
| 01-01-2022 |         416 |           129 |       85 |           630 |
| 01-01-2023 |         247 |           104 |       80 |           431 |
| 01-01-2024 |         173 |            66 |       83 |           322 |

Details of above mentioned financial assistance has been given below:

|   Sr. No. | Head of account                                        |   Amount (Rs. Cr.) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Redemption of preferential share capital of BSNL/ MTNL |                300 |
|         2 | Arrears due to 1997 pay revision                       |                165 |

| 3   | Reimbursement of VRS expenditure                                                       | 155      |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 4   | Overdue statutory payments                                                             | 360      |
| 5   | Establishment cost during the implementation of revival plan                           | 612      |
| 6   | Pending loan to ITI Limited given during march 2009 for salary disbursement            | 125      |
| 7   | Adjustment of payment towards disbursement of salary for 4 months paid in January 2013 | 130      |
| 8   | Waiver of Government Guarantee fee                                                     | 45.79    |
| 9   | Financial Assistance for Project Implementation                                        | 2,264    |
|     | Sub Total                                                                              | 4,156.79 |
| 10  | Statutory dues                                                                         | 299.69   |
|     | Grand Total                                                                            | 4,456.48 |

In addition to the above, the proposal of land monetization of ITI Limited has been sent to Department of Public Enterprises for necessary action in order to provide the financial support to ITI Limited, including Raibareli unit, out of proceeds from the sale of land.

In view of the above, Government has taken all the measures to address the issue of delay in release of salary at ITI Limited, Raebareli.

## (d) Details of the order book position of ITI Limited's manufacturing facilities across the country as on 30.11.2024:

|   Sr. No. | Products/Projects                                                                                                                 | Customers             | Order value (In Cr)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | ASCON PH IV                                                                                                                       | Defence               | 6549.01               |
|         2 | Corp.mktg&MSP                                                                                                                     | State Govt/GoI/others | 691.03                |
|         3 | MAHANET                                                                                                                           | MITCL                 | 467.14                |
|         4 | TANFINET                                                                                                                          | TN State Govt         | 231.53                |
|         5 | FCI                                                                                                                               | IAF                   | 144.00                |
|         6 | 4G LTE                                                                                                                            | IAF                   | 162.18                |
|         7 | GUJ NET Project&O&M                                                                                                               | GFGNL                 | 16.70                 |
|         8 | GPON I&C Services                                                                                                                 | BSNL/BBNL             | 58.89                 |
|         9 | BSNL 4G                                                                                                                           | BSNL                  | 1395.19               |
|        10 | Airtel FTTH Rollout                                                                                                               | Airtel/Telesonic      | 13.72                 |
|        11 | USOF Bharat Net Projects/ TPA                                                                                                     | GoI/USOF              | 94.11                 |
|        12 | A&N BharatNet                                                                                                                     | BBNL                  | 10.32                 |
|        13 | NFS Project                                                                                                                       | BSNL                  | 788.90                |
|        14 | Other products/ Services (OFC/ HDPE/ Solar Panel/Encryptor                                                                        | State Govt/GoI/others | 166.95                |
|        15 | Products/ MLLN AMC/ NGN AMC/C-DoT ANRAX AMC/ WiFi Hotspot AMC/ Data centre/ ASCON AMC/ Street light/ TPA/ Laptops/ Mini PC/ VSSC) | BSNL/MTNL/EESL        | 12.43                 |
|        16 | APO (Street lights/ SMPS)                                                                                                         | BSNL/ State Govt.     | 291.04                |
|        17 | Total                                                                                                                             | Total                 | 11093.14 Cr           |

Details of order book position of ITI Limited, Rae Bareli as on 30.11.2024:

|   Sr. NO. | Name                    | Qty. (OFC Cable)   | Order value (In Cr)   |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | ASCON FCBC &INC         | -                  | 18.5                  |
|         2 | KOLKATA RAILWAY (PO)    | 40KM               | 0.2355                |
|         3 | NORTH WESTERN RLY (LOA) | 5KM                | 0.0318                |
|         4 | EAST CENTRAL            | 350KM              | 2.05                  |
|         5 | Total                   |                    | 20.8173 Cr            |

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