Lok Sabha Question No. 4055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: VRS of BSNL Employees
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4055 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  DECEMBER, 2015

## VRS OF BSNL EMPLOYEES

## 4055. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) total number of workforce employed in telecom PSUs, State/UT-wise and PSU- wise;

- (b) whether any Voluntary Retirement Scheme is proposed by the Government to be implemented for the employees of these PSUs;

- (c) if so, the details thereof;

- (d) whether  any  proposal  is  being  considered  by  the  ministry  to  utilise  surplus infrastructure with the BSNL; and

- (e) if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Statewise/Circlewise/Officewise details of workforce employed in Bharat Sanchar Nigam  Limited  (BSNL),  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  are  given  in Annexure-I and details of workforce of Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) and Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI) are given in Annexure-2

- (b) No Madam.

- (c) Does not arise

- (d) & (e) Presently, there is no proposal to utilise surplus infrastructure of BSNL.

Contd…….2/-

## Staff strength of BSNL and MTNL

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Circle/Office                                                    | Total Strength   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1         | BSNL Corporate Office, Delhi                                                 | 1,414            |
| 2         | Andaman & Nicobar                                                            | 231              |
| 3         | Andhra Pradesh                                                               | 23,070           |
| 4         | Assam                                                                        | 4,092            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                                                                 | 1,762            |
| 6         | Gujarat                                                                      | 16,142           |
| 7         | Haryana                                                                      | 4,520            |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                                                             | 2,987            |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                              | 2,088            |
| 10        | Jharkhand                                                                    | 2,508            |
| 11        | Karnataka                                                                    | 15,713           |
| 12        | Kerala                                                                       | 13,016           |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                                                               | 8,209            |
| 14        | Maharashtra                                                                  | 19,856           |
| 15        | North East-I ( includes Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura)                        | 1,670            |
| 16        | North East-II (includes Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland & Manipur)               | 1,372            |
| 17        | Odisha                                                                       | 3,740            |
| 18        | Punjab                                                                       | 7,871            |
| 19        | Rajasthan                                                                    | 9,434            |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu                                                                   | 15,517           |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh (East)                                                         | 10,404           |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh (West)                                                         | 6,636            |
| 23        | Uttarakhand                                                                  | 1,913            |
| 24        | West Bangal                                                                  | 5,956            |
| 25        | Kolkata Telecom District                                                     | 7,515            |
| 26        | Chennai Telecom District                                                     | 7,511            |
| 27        | Telecom Factory, Jabalpur                                                    | 589              |
| 28        | Telecom Factory, Mumbai                                                      | 615              |
| 29        | Advanced Level Telecom Training Centre (ALTTC), Uttar Pradesh                | 208              |
| 30        | Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training, Madhya Pradesh |                  |
| 31        | National Achademy of Telecom Finance &                                       | 169              |
|           | Management, Andhra Pradesh                                                   | 21               |
| 33        | Eastern Telecom Project, West Bengal                                         | 648              |

## Annexure-1

| 34   | Eastern Telecom Region, West Bengal                | 1,910   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 35   | Inspection, Madhya Pradesh                         | 440     |
| 36   | Information Technology Project Circle, Maharashtra | 681     |
| 37   | National Centre for Next Generation Network, Delhi | 116     |
| 38   | North East Task Force, Assam                       | 356     |
| 39   | Northern Telecom Project, Delhi                    | 814     |
| 40   | Northern Telecom Region, Delhi                     | 3,005   |
| 41   | Quality Assurance, Karnataka                       | 212     |
| 42   | Southern Telecom Project, Tamil Nadu               | 677     |
| 43   | Southern Telecom Region, Tamil Nadu                | 2,033   |
| 44   | Controller of Telegrah Stores, West Bengal         | 181     |
| 45   | Western Telecom Project, Maharashtra               | 932     |
| 46   | Western Telecom Region, Maharashtra                | 1,830   |
| 47   | BIHAR                                              | 5376    |
| 48   | Telecom Factory, Kolkata                           | 723     |
|      | Total                                              | 216,925 |
| MTNL |                                                    |         |
| 1.   | Delhi                                              | 15513   |
| 2.   | Mumbai                                             | 17033   |
|      | Total MTNL                                         | 32546   |

## Staff strength of BSNL and MTNL

| State                     | Total Strength   |
|---------------------------|------------------|
| ITI Limited               |                  |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 01               |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 19               |
| Assam                     | 01               |
| Bihar                     | 06               |
| Chhattisgarh              | 02               |
| Delhi                     | 50               |
| Goa                       | 01               |
| Gujarat                   | 08               |
| Haryana                   | 02               |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 02               |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 152              |
| Jharkhand                 | 01               |
| Karnataka                 | 749              |
| Kerala                    | 466              |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 11               |
| Maharashtra               | 24               |
| Meghalaya                 | 01               |
| Odisha                    | 07               |
| Punjab                    | 20               |
| Rajasthan                 | 36               |
| Tamil Nadu                | 38               |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 3816             |
| Uttarakhand               | 08               |
| West Bengal               | 54               |
| Total                     | 5475             |
| TCIL                      |                  |
| Delhi                     | 904              |

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## Annexure-2