Lok Sabha Question No. 2861 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: ITI Land Monetisation
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2861 ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## ITI LAND MONETISATION

## 2861.   SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the major projects being undertaken by the Indian Telephone Industry (ITI) during the  last 5 years along with the financial outlay for the same;
- (b) the present financial status of the ITI and the measures taken by the Government to safeguard the interests of this organisation;
- (c) whether  any  land  parcels  belonging  to  the  ITI  have  been  identified  by  the  Government  for lease/sale/monetisation  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  potential  cost  of  each  land  parcel's monetisation;
- (d) the total number of employees of the ITI at present and during the last five years, year wise along with the number of contractual employees; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by ITI to protect the interests of the employees as well as retirees along with the total amount required for meeting their employee and pensionary benefits?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The major projects undertaken by ITI Limited along with the financial outlay for the last 5 years are as tabulated below:

| Major projects undertaken by ITI Limited in last 5 years(completed and ongoing)   | Major projects undertaken by ITI Limited in last 5 years(completed and ongoing)   | Major projects undertaken by ITI Limited in last 5 years(completed and ongoing)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                            | Name of the Project                                                               | Order value in ₹ Cr                                                               |
| 1                                                                                 | Defence Projects:                                                                 |                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                 | Army Static Communication Network (ASCON) PH IV                                   | 8,280                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                 | Network For Spectrum (NFS) Package- F and G (AMC)                                 | 873                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                 | Air Force projects: Data Center and 4G                                            | 793                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                 | BSNL 4G Mobile Networks in West Zone                                              | 4,810                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                 | BharatNet Phase-III                                                               | 7,006                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                 | BharatNet Phase-II                                                                | 5,677                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                 | Solar Street lights in Bihar                                                      | 640                                                                               |

(b) The present order book position of ITI Limited is ₹ 18,746 Cr. In the Financial Year 2024-25, the company  achieved  a  turnover  of  ₹    4,323  Cr,  with  a  positive  Earnings  Before  Interest,  Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization (EBITDA) of  ₹  25 Cr but Profit After Tax (PAT) of ₹ (-233) Cr. The Bank

borrowing is ₹ 1,325 Cr. Total Statutory {Provident Fund (PF), Gratuity, Privilege Leave (PL) and Pending Salary} Employee/ Retirement Dues are - ₹ 339 Cr.

To strengthen ITI Limited, financial assistance of ₹ 4156.79 Cr. comprising of ₹  2,264 Cr. as equity for capital investments (Capex) for indigenous manufacturing and ₹  1,892.79 Cr. as grant-in-aid to clear the liabilities of the company, was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)  in  February,  2014.    Entire  amount  of  grant-in-aid/amount  for  statutory  dues  have  been sanctioned to ITI Limited. Subsequently, an additional amount of ₹ 299.69 Cr was also given to ITI Limited, with the approval of Ministry of Finance, for statutory dues.

Further, the Government is working with ITI Limited to monetise its certain vacant land parcels, so that the proceeds can be used to clear bank loans and pending statutory dues.

(c) The following land parcels of ITI Limited have been identified for monetisation and the potential cost of each land parcels are as tabulated below:

| Sl.N o   | Details of Land Parcel                                                                                                                      |   Extent in acres |   Potential cost of land parcel (₹ in Crores) |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Land Parcel-D, B Narayanapura Village, KR Pura Taluk, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka.                                                           |            10.275 |                                        357.57 |
| 2        | Land Parcel-E, Krishnarajapura Village, KR Pura Taluk, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka.                                                          |            44.032 |                                       1651.2  |
| 3        | Proposed Land to GST, B-Area, ITI Township, Krishnarajapura Village, KR Pura Taluk, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka.                             |            21     |                                        823.2  |
| 4        | Remaining land parcel after proposed land to GST, B-Area, ITI Township, Krishnarajapura Village, KR Pura Taluk, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka. |            16.122 |                                        641.17 |
|          | Total                                                                                                                                       |            91.429 |                                       3473.14 |

(d) The year wise details of the total number of employees of ITI Limited during the last five years along with the number of contractual employees are as tabulated below:

|   Year (As on 01st Dec.) |   Regular Employees |   Contractual Employees |   Total |
|--------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|---------|
|                     2021 |                1788 |                     754 |    2542 |
|                     2022 |                1395 |                     782 |    2177 |
|                     2023 |                1087 |                     713 |    1800 |
|                     2024 |                 824 |                     649 |    1473 |
|                     2025 |                 623 |                     617 |    1240 |

(e) To protect the interests of the employees as well as retirees of ITI Limited, the Government is working with it to monetise its certain vacant land parcels, so that the proceeds can be used to clear bank loans and pending statutory dues. Further, ITI Limited is working to overcome the financial challenges by generating profits from the projects being executed and to ensure early payment of outstanding dues. The total amount required for meeting the pending salary and retirement benefits of employees of ITI limited is ₹ 339 Cr.

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