How was BSNL KILLED (strategically) by the Powerful people of India? : BSNL Tragedy Case Study
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For the past 1.5 years, we have been hearing the news about Govt’s plans to shut down BSNL, and ever since we started following the news, we have always seen BSNL incurring 1000s of crores of losses every single year, infact in the past 10 years, BSNL has incurred a combined loss of more than 80,000cr. and considering the case of Air India and govt bureaucracy in general, we by default assume that BSNL is also one of the ill-run businesses that the govt just can't handle isn't it!!
Well, guess what guys, in FY21 while the market went crazy to see Reliance jio generate a profit of Rs 12,537 crore, very few of us know that there was a time when BSNL generated a profit of 10,183cr! and from 2001-2008 Bsnl had generated a cumulative profit of 46668 Cr which was more than the next 3 telecom operators combined and that too in spite of all the subsidized schemes that it rolled out. and not just that it once had a market share of 70% and literally acted as the backbone of Indian telecommunication.
So The question is What exactly went wrong with BSNL that it suddenly went from being a jewel of India to a sick company in less than a decade?
Was it yet another govt mishandling or was it deliberately paralyzed by the private sector?
and most importantly, as citizens of India, what are the lessons that we need to from the Tragic downfall of BSNL?
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In my town, only BSNL is giving services for the internet from the era of dial up connection.
Even today only fibre connection available here is BSNL fibre.
BSNL has always been there for us in rural areas.
BSNL is available for you in the rural area, great, but will you not switch to other provider if they start providing services. BSNL could have garnered profits only with broadband connections. Their lackluster customer service didn't made that happen.
Actually BSNL fibre is wide and larger area cover because it is government and hence they have lot of land...if private will be given land equal to bsnl they will perform atleast 10times fast 👍
Take a lead -- Go to nearby AIRTEL office -- Talk to them -- Is there any possibility to bring wired internet to your village -- Most likely they will listen to you if the subscribers are more than 100 . I have first hand experience on this front
There only 3 days a week.
They're out of service more days than they're functional.
@@sureshpolali4616 forget about village even in city Airtel refused to cross the road as across the road there are only 20 customers. The rest are government offices.
My father always kept a BSNL sim as his secondary sim and when I asked why does he do that, he tells me that where every other network fails, BSNL shines.
Same with my mom
Thank you for recognizing the government asset....huge salute
During the amphan cyclone BSNL was able to provide connection in many areas while others failed at that time
BSNL had a long monopoly like LIC, Indian Airlines. Reasons for their downfall are many. 1.All these never bothered about clients. 2. Over staffing. 3. Modernization / technology updating was not a priority. 4. Most of the staff ignored customer complaints. 5. Woke up when competition became too hot. But it was too late.
the third point is not valid as the govt delayed bsnl from getting 4g spectrum
Infact, government should invest in BSNL to maintain call connectivity, as BSNL is state company that too when they are striving for digital payments.
Read about Crony capitalism…where government favoured an entity over BSNL and the 4G spectrum was delayed significantly! We all know what happened after that
Customer service definitely sucked, but keep in mind that the top tier management, the Indian Telecom Services (ITS) officers never took full responsibility for BSNls management, they continued to work in deputation and kept on asking for transfers. Government did not allow BSNL to buy high end equipment and delayed giving the 4G spectrum. All in all its a huge mess, with no sort of cooperation with various ministries that is imperative in a crucial sector such as telecommunication.
Hutiya aurat ,,private telecom ke tax se sarkari bsnl ke kwmchor adhikari ko pala ja raha hai.... 20% tax recharge pe aur company tax alag se ,,, bsnl ke badtamij kamchor aur Kolkata ke kamchor thulle aajkal sonagachi ki kamai kha rahe hai poora Bengal barbad ho raha hai....
its an irony that the telecommunication lacks communication
Bsnl staff does not even know about latest tech
@Aman Balakrishna Muttam are u dumb? Don't bring politics in everything
I surrendered my Landline (5 yrs back). Till date I have not been refunded my security deposit. When I went to their office they treated me like a beggar. Had enough of them & thought to move away from BSNL forever. Regarding babus I can say only 1 thing their arrogance of power & money destroys any institution where they r posted. I worked with a "reisgned" babu who blindly trusted people over facts & figures presented to him. It was a terrible experience working with him. It's high time this nonsense termed UPSC is banned forever so that v can stop such perverted people from destroying other organisation as well.
Personal Experience :
BSNL Employees would misbehave owing to secure nature of their job, It took us Months to get line fixed but Bills would come on time, Even if you go there, employees would hear you like they are doing you a favour.
I would disagree In my experience whenever there is a problem with my landline connection I can just lodge a complaint to bsnl website or number and they will come within a day or two . The service technician are very polite . The only problem is that bsnl doesn't have 4g LTE til now when companies like jio and Airtel are going to 5g .
actually
Yeah ek dum sahi
In India, instead of correcting issues we ask them to privatise and handover to private biggies
I have experienced this.
Employees act as if they are kings.
Such things happen in government offices.
No wonder BSNL tanked.
I've not seen a better channel than this.. people like Think School should be rewarded heavily for bringing such insanely valuable information into the public domain which our Education system couldn't
Airtel and Jio are already started increasing prices by a huge margin. And this is the era I am thinking to go back to BSNL but couldn’t switch because of 4G network is absent on their network grid 😞
Huge margin? 😂
They increased max. 100 rupees.
I remember paying 699 for 1GB 4G network.
What is huge margin according to you please explain? 🙂
Need to raise voice and tag officials regarding this issue
Still low while world and JIO call is far better than VI, BSNL but BSNL will rise and take 3rd spot mostly
@@insanewanderer9184 now you have pay for data even when your first sim got data connectivity.
I don't need internet because i have wifi at home, but i need voice calling, since that's part of my work.
1GB a day from Vodafone is enough, but forcing a customer to buy data, instead of providing them a facility of choosing just unlimited calls is so scammy
@@agentsmith_ I know, I face the same problem but it is still costing me less than the previous times to be honest. So it's okay for me.
My experience with BSNL: In 2015, I visited the BSNL office in my town and applied for a broadband connection. Guess what, I never heard back from them.
Every BSNL employee used to behave like Prime Minister of India if you recall in the olden days. It's only fair that they are replaced by efficient alternatives. Every private player that is not doing well on customer service will meet the same fate.
The TAT is 10 years -- Still 3 more years you may have to wait .. hence they are within their time limit ..
Bsnl is good
@@sivasankar123ae yes the thing with private services are that the workers have to show their report card of their work so they can't afford to loose customers as simple as that and they should remember customers make a company and can destroy them too if they try to oversmart them
Modi denied 4G license to BSNL in most circles to benefit Jio.. Huge corruption indeed
this means by the time JIO came into the picture BSNL was already under massive losses. Thank you for the insightful video. It is better government continues to run at least a small portion of services, keeping the security situations in mind, and not entirely relying on private sector in emergency circumstances
Younger employees of bsnl are very much eager to provide services. But why are we still not provided 4g. Why were we given late approval for upgrade to 3g. Why were we not given capital to upgrade and maintain existing mobile towers. Why every government approval for bsnl has always been delayed. Tell me, are these reasons are fault of the employees?
Yes ...bsnl employees want to give services but govt is not letting them
Personal Experience :
BSNL Employees would misbehave owing to secure nature of their job, It took us Months to get line fixed but Bills would come on time, Even if you go there, employees would hear you like they are doing you a favour.
We have seen their superiors and services.
SBI and OBC Banks are BSNL's other brother i had to deal with.
@@mangola-x8u how old was that employee. The older employees especially recruited during dot( department of telecom) before bsnl formed, many of those people from that era have this attitude.
The BSNL employees literally abused my father after we told them the internet wasn't working. They threatened us with a court case after we switched our network provider. They haven't even given my security deposit back.
The company and all its employees can burn to the groud for all I care.
@@arshisbalsara2 you are cursing all the employees and their families because certain old fellows didn't do their work
In 2008 I frequently visited BSNL office for family landline bill payment, internet bill payment and also fault booking, in that time I was not aware about government policies, corporate competition etc. etc. In that time just to experience their work culture I confirmed that this organisation will not continue.
I did't watch this video looking at the title expecting what he is going to say. But I totally agree with you as BSNL employees they don't work and never respond as they r govt employees.
Bruhh, My Wifi is BSNL😉🌝
BSNL deserves to die. I remember in 2009-2010 their behaviour towards customers was very very bad. They never picked up customer calls, very and network and internet and slow response time. Only reason people used BSNL is because it was cheap.
@@thug43 it's bad.
@@Shawn_mike34 Nop, it's really Good in my State😎
And Wifi is FTTH too.👍
Before Covid lock down even I was using BSNL broadband at home. But once work from home started then I experienced a hell lot of issues 🙃 either speed was low or net itself was not working or sudden maintenance issue. The worst part is how much ever you call them no one will turn up atleast for 3 days. I was so very disappointed with the service provided by BSNL and my team with my performance 😪. So I switched to Airtel. Now I am happy plus my team. Nation will progress only we all do our work properly. No one will pay money for free!! So service should be improved!!
I remember going to BSNL customer care centre after reading about WiMax in their website. It was pathetic. The staff had no clue what WiMax was. They had no brochures. I filled up the enquiry form in the website, but they didn't follow it up.
Same with me - those 55 years old employee were not interested in work - They were only calculating pension and talking about their grand children
Many of them were also rude, behaving as if they were doing us a favour by even interacting with us.
Back then when we were using 2g internet and paying high charges, we were really eager and excited about technology like WiMax coming to us.
I still remember my uncle participating in a riot by bsnl employees i didn't understood why a employee has to do any riot against the very own company which has to do the thing that they are asking to do which will increase their companies profit. Now I understand the role our corrupt politicians have in it 🤐
Employee Unions ,and pvt players giving them money to go on strikes / not work properly/ downgrade the services ......
Govt. Workers are really lame man my father works in railway he is always pissed with union workers they don't do anything just always protest
@@kiwi2807 thats the irony ....even if someone is happy to work hard , other do not let him do that.
I ment an young BSNL TTE ,who was intelligent & hardworking he had been working with AIRTEL, before getting into govt job with BSNL . we became friends and shared a lot of things . I was with an IT company and working in an project with BSNL . That TTE told me majority of Bsnl employees on an average work 1/15 of the work done by a Pvt sector telicom company
I have BSNL SIM since 2006, and I will continue to use only this. the best and cheapest telecom service in India. Lately I took an international BSNL SIM, and it's totally free, I get SMS without any international pack. Where human being can't reach BSNL can reach. I get greetings from BSNL everyday from the day I came overseas. Jai hind.
Nobody Killed BSNL, It died because of their Shittty service.
I had BSNL broadband at my home, It was 16mbps worked like 0.16mbps,
Complained a lot of times, It's just pathetic.😥
Switch to fiber if u can,using bsnl fiber for past 1 year and didn't let me down for a single day till now,except once and speed is always the best for my 100mbps plan i'm getting abv 120mbps on speedtest
The issue with bsnl is that they are still on 3g network for mobile customers,and this i will not say it's their management issue and they had lot of debt and only if center had given some funding only then they can grow
And our modiji only support private players he Wii not do it untill he is overthrown
Can't trust any private players,best case jio,dmart, they will kill competition and once done they will hike price 3x 4x
So i humble request to understand this in true sense and don't fall for offers,in end only these public companies will only be there for common public
From history,take ksrtc as example
Im not asking to take their mobile service,i myself use Airtel but plz try out their fiber service
@@harmate123 I am also using BSNL fiber from last couple of years and i must say that their speed is commendable and even better than most of the private isp in my area. I am also using 100mbps plan and the speed never goes below 99mbps on speedtest. Moreover it's so reliable that not even a single day it has stopped working.
If you were not paid your salary, or you organizations culture is not good, will you able to sustain and give effective services to the customers, think it from your point of you
just tell when was it? before 2010 or after? you’ll get the answer
@@harmate123
I wanna support BSNL. But there's no network in our locality, neither there's broadband connection of BSNL.
Today some of us are porting back to BSNL as Prepaid Mobile tariffs have risen and except Jio, it is highly costly to maintain. Hope BSNL comes with 4G VOLTE services soon without any hurdles, at least will have a choice between Jio and BSNL. 5G is for elite customers or gaming community, which is not feasible as mobiles too must be upgraded.
yes..i donno why everyone is sooo hyped about 5G. in USA it came almost 2 years ago but still even now it's very rare that they acess 5G comfortably from their house, but how ppl of our country thinks they will use 5G from their home in 2022 is beyond me.
Leave 5G, we don't get proper 4G speed in many locations, the rising cost is also a big factor.
Govt now backing BSNL but can't trust blindly anything these days.
I agree sir/ma'am, the prices are going through the roof.
yes but there needs to be a plan to go there for bsnl too
I'm using BSNL on my iPhone
And share WiFi at home with my family which uses BSNL too
JioFiber+ BSNL user
BSNL was one of India's best networks until the privatization era came in. One of the reasons of BSNL's downfall is JIO Industry and JIO's Political Connections. As of today, JIO Plan prices are more expensive than any of it's competitors and BSNL Plan costs half the price of JIO's.
(Ignore any grammatical mistakes)
BSNL died because of their pathetic service. Also they failed to understand the market.
No, do dig deep
🌟🌟🌟 100% true...
One of the main reasons why BSNL would loose is the pension liability of BSNL employees. Airtel and Jio don't have that problem. Imagine you have to pay for pension for lakhs of retired employees who are not longer contributing anything. Even if the Govt gives free spectrum, BSNL won't have money to invest for migrating to 4g or 5g.
Pension is the biggest burden for government for its employees, which is paid by taxpayer money for only 4 crore employees who are in government sector alone..
Then why Vodafone and idea are losing?
@@prateekgilani6023 that's because of stiff competition when Jio entered market. Voda and idea where two separate companies. They were not able to rise price and get operational efficiency. Had they merged couple of years before they might have had some chance.
There is no longer pension concept. Pension is there only for the older employees, those recruited through Dot. Even for them pension given by dot ie the govt and not by BSNL
They will also die in 10-20 years so what is the problem?
Bsnl itself was one of the reasons for its own destruction.Once when it was the only major player, the bsnl workers were exactly like other government babus, with the boss mindset and not at all customer focused. No support for the customers even when we lined up in the queue for hours and finally gets to the cabin. Also the customer care took ages to get an agent on the other end. So when alternative got available for people they choose others. And if the service is good, people do stick with and doesnt blindly folow, thats why Airtel withstood the onslaught of Jio and why Idea failed.
Most of the comments have already outlined the culture of the BSNL workforce. I will just mention a few reasons why jio was able to offer competitive pricing and the free starting run were 1) It had to make it's way into the telecom market, so the buzz was needed. Of course, massive debts were taken by the company. 2) The aggressive pricing which other companies complained were not at all logical. Jio offered only 4G services and not the previous generations. Especially for 4G VoLTE, the voice data was back hauled over the internet protocol layer which underwent packet switching instead of the traditional previous generation hardware circuit switching nodes which were needed for interconnection when you dial a subscriber of another network. Hardware switching incurred interconnect charges. For 4G this was eliminated.
All the people who accuse jio of predatory pricing, do know that you would have been paying the same predatory pricing if Jio hadn't shaken up the market. Of course, as of now the market competition is very thin, and that needs to be addressed so that neither Jio or Airtel create a dual dominance atmosphere in the Indian telecom market
Their pricing made it not feasible for operation for tens of private players. They closed their shutters. Recent was csk sponsor,Aircel
@@Emperor-Of-Karma the reason for that was already well explained in the video, which is related to infra for the data network required for 4G. Ignoring innovation and not improving in terms of offerings is a death wish for private companies. In the OEM space, even an international brand like Nokia wasn't spared, same goes for blackberry
Jio came way later in the market , before this all major palyers like airtel and Vodafone and idea had serious debts and massive fees left to pay to govt. So when jio came without much debt previously existing, they took so much debt and actually used for their growth and capital investment. Which in return helped jio alot .
@@rajjiv2916 Yes, in 2020 after minority stake investments from Facebook and Google they became debt free
I agree Suhas
I grew up in a small town, it was BSNL alone operating there for Internet and only reason I got educational exposure as a big city kid. I’ll always be a BSNL customer.
I was a user of bsnl since 2008
Let me tell you, their employees killed the company.
Per month 550, per year extra charges 1100, we never ever get continuous net even after paying this much those days
Whenever net was down, we used to get net back after weeks. No service or sometimes.
True
The lazy and arrogant employees of BSNL killed themselves. Jio offered better services at better value and that affected all telecom companies who where exploiting the consumers. Can't blame Jio for the incompetence of other cos.
All five members of my family still use BSNL as our primary SIM, hoping that they'll finally correct themselves. I even have a BSNL fibre broadband at home. That's all one can do to support them. Atleast now, they should stop blaming other efficient companies and mend themselves.
I too use BSNL Fibre. No complaints till now, except for their modem/routers. It’s via Cable connection of a Local Cable wala, so they are prompt in repairing, no need to complaint to BSNL Directly.
BSNL deserves to die. I remember in 2009-2010 their behaviour towards customers was very very bad. They never picked up customer calls, very and network and internet and slow response time. Only reason people used BSNL is because it was cheap.
Then why Vodafone and idea losing?
They have lazy employees?
@@prateekgilani6023 Vodafone is not losing. They are adding more subscribers than jio right now. What r u talking about😂
@@abhishekmanil ya same even the resolve queries quickly.
Aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia told in parliament with some figures that how congress govt bought 111 new aircrafts (68 from Boing and remaining from Airbus) ...
The company which was profitable by only 15crores in 2004/05 ...
They gave additional debt burdan of 50000 crore rupees to such company...
He said the losses of 14 years had accumulated to Rs 85,000 crore, the equity infusion had cost the government Rs 54,000 crore, grants to the airline totalling Rs 50,000 crore and net debt of Rs 66,000 crore had left Air India staring at a chasm of Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
Now such a mis management by Congress... Who said they have best economist as PM...!
I have no doubt for capabilities of Dr. Manmohan Singh but the question arises here is that ...did congress really allowed Manmohan ji to perform on his best ...?
Man Robot Mohan himself is a Scamster. He and his cabinet looted lakhs of crores of rupees.
@@sandeepsrinivas7 I know bro ...but the thing is he could have used his knowledge to make country more developed....
And I gave little respect here to Manmohan so that congress suporter don't get offended and keep saying "bhakt" things...😄😄
@@Clean09 manmohan singh was no less than a pawn for congress party
@@harshagrawal1056 yeh... everyone knows it...but I think then pwan was also getting monetarily benefitted personally ...
I still can give benefit of doubt to Manmohan Singh that, had he not been a pwan he could have been more better...and less corrupt...
@@Clean09 the truth is truth
Don't get offended by someone entitling u something
Dr MMS was brilliant economist
Bt just for doing corruption
Do we really think such scams are done by Gandhi's 😂😂😂
Those masterminds were Manmohan and Chidambaram
Brilliant....bt for corruption
Watching the video with a BSNL 3G network. Hope something good happens in future.
Wonderful contents ❤️ Worth watching presentation. Thankyou so much
Jio cannot to blamed, it created tech revolution
It is the reason most of us can see RUclips
Blaming Jio is Fashion. Now a days kids don't know how hard it was to pay ₹300 for 1GB 3G Data for 1 Month + Seperate charges for calling.
Backed by bjp
@vidyut i dont use jio.
@vidyut same fruit will be costlier than petrol after the competition dies
@vidyut good luck with that
I remember, my father had to pay 100/- to BSNL labour to fix the broken wire of our Landline in 1997, we are saved from this egoistic company
??
BSNL was formed in 2000, your experience is with DOT
You and your grandson will be paying heavy charges to private sector...congrats...you have chosen to be slave of domestic east india companies
@@jagatdave 🥱 typical communist mindset
Informative and well covered. Keep up the good job.
Another important factor - pathetic customer service. I was forced to use BSNL in two different cities because there was no other alternative. Their service in both the cities was beyond horrible. At least 5 days every month, phone and internet used to be out of order. Complaints used to fall on deaf ears and linemen were corrupt sarkari Babu looking for bribes. I switched to Airtel as soon as they were available in my area.
Yes, I remember we had to pay like Rs20 to 50 in advance when we go to BSNL office for non functional broadband. Then you pay some more when they fix it.
BSNL customer service, the attitude of their employees, the total lack or coordination between what the market wanted and what the govt wanted ended up mostly diminishing BSNL to a small shadow of what it used to be, its sad that BSNL went down like it did.
The customer service and attitude bit i mentioned above is something i have faced as a BSNL customer and i can guarantee this feeling will be mutual with most BSNL customers.
Kamino ne mera number randomly band kar Diya tha kuch KYC ka issue Bata ke. Bad me unke database me bhi nahi mentioned tha mera number. Bade harami employees hai bsnl ke
after ending connection they send me court notice to pay 6000rs bill
shit customer services
The attitude of any government sector is worse ex : sbi , bsnl ,
So true. The greed of a few people has cost millions to suffer.
he has missed these points that employee are arrogant and demand money
Thanks think school for Unbiased report and knowledge.
Reasons for BSNL downfall.
1. Worst customer service with rigid beaurocratic rules.
2. Unskilled engineers who couldn't even set up a router or server. Data was always slow from server side
3. Non competitive plans.
All the top officials were in league with competition.
Absolutely ‼️The senior management was definitely on the take. In my village, the BSNL Tower was intentionally situated in an unviable location so that Airtel could benefit.
@statusBJP BJP LOST IN BENGAL because real Bengalis are cowards and too liberal. Now they are a minority.
End of BSNL is the result of its unprofessional employees. I was paying 2k a month for broadband and yet the internet was working only 2 days a week (Not exaggerating).
I too agree with you on this, when it works everything is fine but the problem is there are always disruptions & it takes time for BSNL to resolve the issue.
biggest set of jokees in india... they don't even work after taking bribes
Exactly! I had broadband connection in 2008 from bsnl which used to work for only 20 days a months & even after repeatedly complaining no one listened, even bill was sent in full.... After I used to go to their office for bill adjustment the employees misbhaved... Most of the employees were never on their bench.... The employees are equally responsible for downfall of bsnl as the corrupt govt of that time...
BSNL has the inner strength to revive and give a run for money to the private players. Let us hope this will happen soon. Let us all do something we can - HAVE A BSNL CONNECTION
The current problem with bsnl is that it has become a secondary sim for most people, like they just recharge for validity. But if they improve their network and roll out 4G they can still become primary and people might start using it again.
right
Correct
Very true
true
ghanta.. i will pay double to private so that i can avoid interacting with a bsnl employee. stepping on shit is more preferable than going to a bsnl office.
I'm glad BSNL died. It should've died a decade ago. I still remember how frustrating it used to be to deal with their shitty employees! For every small issue, I had to go to their office, wait for hours to finish their 'lunch break' that starts at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 03:00 p.m. And then they would still push you away.
Younger employees of bsnl are very much eager to provide services. But why are we still not provided 4g. Why were we given late approval for upgrade to 3g. Why were we not given capital to upgrade and maintain existing mobile towers. Why every government approval for bsnl has always been delayed. Tell me, are these reasons are fault of the employees?
Which animal eats for 2 long hours😂😂,i too heard that there service is very pathetic
You people are responsible who can destroy country in few minutes
1.64 Lakh Crores have been allocated for BSNL's revival
I really hope that things for BSNL would workout this time
It is very surprising that in this video not a single word used for all efficient BSNL Sarkati employees 🤔🤔
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Please change the thumnail. It’s misleading. I thought Modi govt. killed BSNL to profit Jio. It was UPA which ruined bsnl since 2009. Modi govt on the other hand has provided 1.64 lakh crore BAILOUT TO BSNL
Perfect thumbnail people have made their judgement.
He is killing it. Not only bsnl entire india
Thanks Thinkschool for considering my suggestion on BSNL case study which I had mentioned in the comments of one of your earlier video. Coming back to case study, it is shameful for country like India where the govt. wants to slow poison their own cash baby. For any country it is essential to have their own telecommunication company which has to be more advanced when compared to the private players. It has to be the backbone of the country rather than the burden on the country. Anyways the case study was awesome and the analysis has brought in light some key take aways from PSUs operations. Thank you once again for the case study.
Mr.mukul , Govt run services are pathetic, not just in india , even in america. Whatever is the country , govt sector has no business in involving in doing service oriented businesses. The services sucks. Good riddance bsnl.
Cash cow for politicians?
Its not cash baby but debt baby and needs to go.
Please read the comments on why BSNL is dying, comments are giving better answer than the video
@@KK-gc5lj The main reason why the govt businesses lose money in US is because the money making business are sold off to private and the ones that can't make money can't be sold.
Nobody killed I think so, it died on its own, pathetic Service
@@rv2954 that's what she said
@@rv2954 agree thats why west is a failure with private companies
Govt. Policy!!!
Man this is some deep research. I am astonished by your work. Thank you for your work. Will always be looking forward for your videos.
One thing was missed in the video which was the cost for calling with bsnl...in the earlier stages when telecom was quite new...they used to charge as high as Rs. 8/min...which was gradually reduced to Rs 3 with competition growing... and another reason was the launch of reliance communication and its dirt cheap plans...again by mukesh ambani...but still the video was very informative and great as always ❤
Reliance communications was owned by Anil Ambani.
@@AdilHusain not really...it was build and mastered by mukesh ambani himself...but later when the business was divided among both brothers after the death of dhirubhai ambani...it was given to anil ambani... happened in 2008 only
@girirajmohta Reliance Communications was actually launched by Mukesh Ambani & it was CDMA network. It used to charge 0.40 p/min to other networks & free to own network. It was known as RIM Reliance India Mobile. The Service was still better than others after it was acquired by Anil Ambani. But after due to Anil Ambani the co. got bankrupt. It's internet speed was awesome. But it intentionally used to deduct balance by activating VAS. *MTS* was also a good company. It gave free 6 months calling. But other private players gave bribe to Supreme Court to cancel its license.
Umm.. why is the thumbnail misleading?
Like there is no mention of PM Modi or BJP in the video and still he is in the thumbnail like Modi- Ambani are the one responsible for the downfall of BSNL. Please Think School don't get political, I have subscribed to you just because you stick to the facts and educate us, and not because I want to see such propoganda. Pls.
Agreed completely! I liked this channel but this video definitely deserves a dislike for the highly misleading thumbnail.
He talking bull shit. He does'nt know what he is taking. I worked in BSNL. IT is full of corrupt people and eating tax payers money. The no of offices and employees are 5-6 times more than private operators have. Where from these guys salaries are coming? The kind office buildings/ real estate they have is enormous. This again tax payers money. Govt companies never can be efficient because of bureaucracy and political involvement. Don't try to blame on P.M. and Jio for BSNL collapse. Today Jio network is widespread compared to BSNL.
The entire Govt system is to blame. Period
I agree with it. Being a beautiful youtuber giving so much knowledge of various subjects it seems that it is little bit ugly.
In entire ECE engineering i couldn't understand switching processe... Today understood 😁
Conclusion : A RAJA triggered the downfall of BSNL
And BJP killed by not giving 4G license from 2016
@Mulugu Neetopal Tribute JIO is not best, they gave free bcaz they have backing of government to become one of the two company. Now they ll increase the rate as like. Even they manipulate TRAI
@Mulugu Neetopal Tribute Ohh.. First they have given free data then slowly they raised recharge price and now day light robbery !! So this what capitalism is all about !?? I agree Jio is better than others but I can't agree with high raise in data prices
Most of people wants govt job in india because they dont want to work and BSNL was worst service provider ever.
If you see SBI employees and ICICI/HDFC employees then you'll see differences between govt and private.
I support Privatization.
Stupid people support privatisation.. But really people know what psu means
You didn't understand what he said
Every thing cannot be privatised, kuch toh backup ke liye rehna chahiye
Yes privatization is good
But not completely
There should be some good government players too
Gov should strict its policies
@@gagan5648 exactly
EVERY public company should be privatised.. then only situation will improve.
A Raja (DMK) is still roaming around free. Congress didn’t take any action against him. Destroyed all the evidence.
Looted more than 1 lakh crore rupees of Indian taxpayers money.
1.5 lakhs brother
So many scams happened during 2004 to 2014.. really shameful 😕
Going political but don't forget the scam after2014 is 5x.
Yeah
And even more are happening after; it's only that we don't know about them because of the authoritarian-style grip that the current government has on news.
@@tstcikhthys and if we don't know then how do you know? What's your source? Any data you can share?
Feels like they are trying to do the same thing to State Bank of India. Its archaic process of "visiting the home branch" is killing their business.
Excellent video! In this world of social media management, you will receive a lot of fake trolling but your unbiased view, stand you apart!
This is unbiased view? They were a shit company and got those profits because there was no competition in the sector.
I remember the struggle getting a telephone connection in 90s.. Forget customer service; even getting a chance to meet an official itself used to be a nightmare... They themselves dug their own grave..
3:03 This is what happening ryt now
My bestfriend used BSNL, all of us would always complain to him about not able to reach him, ultimately he shifted to airtel. We used MTNL till last year, when we complained about double voice issue ( were facing it for 8-9 months) the woman in MTNL told us use karna hai toh karo varna mat karo. Can you imagine JIO or Airtel employee saying that? Good that BSNL died, perform or perish.
I can understand the services of them 😂
Seriously?!? Like that's absolutely disgusting 😬😬
BSNL deserves to die. I remember in 2009-2010 their behaviour towards customers was very very bad. They never picked up customer calls, very and network and internet and slow response time. Only reason people used BSNL is because it was cheap.
My dad still have one BSNL sim card along with jio. Because jio doesn't have range outside of city
@@vedantmungre1702 Yupp. It happened last year.
I still remember growing up in 90s India, my dad had to bribe BSNL- back then whatever it was called- to get a landline phone installed after waiting for 2 years in line. Even it would take weeks to get the line repaired or fixed. That’s what you get for letting government babus run any business.
Yeah, my father told me that they had to pay a bribe of 8000rs in the mid-90s to get a telephone line for the business. That too they had to apply for a PCO instead of a private line in order to have a chance at it, which meant to let public access the phone with a nominal charge.
I asked for BSNL Fiber Connection a few years back before Jio came into the picture. The Junior Engineer said it's not at all feasible, he response was so cold... then came Tata Fiber and I got fiber internet 100mbps for fraction of the cost quoted on BSNL website.
Employees can't do much when the management wants the company to die.
Brilliant analysis. I strongly feel the UPA govt. ruined and derailed the growth of our country for more than a decade due to the highest level of corruption. Another factor is the pathetic level of services and responses we get from the govt. employees at such organizations.
Recently I faced a similar issue with LIC in buying term insurance. I paid the full premium in advance and got all medical reports done. I waited for 2.5 months but I wasn't issued the policy I chased them over calls and emails but they kept replying that since I opted for an online term policy they cannot help much. Eventually, I asked them to refund my money in frustration. Guess what I was refunded on the very next day of that email and they deducted 2200 INR for the medical reports! It's not only the govt. and its policies that are harming the public sector units.
Lic ke kutte kamchor ne mujhe time pe sahi massage nahi kiya isliye meri policy lapse pe hai ..abhi agar kuch ho jaye to gharwalo ko ghanta milega ,, aur Ambedkar jayanti 4 din ka manaya kutto ne ,,,
Bhim app se lic payment nahi kar sakte ,,vktuki lic ke hurami ko Paytm ne khareedkar uski beti ki puchchi mein rupya dala hai... Isliye payment nahi lete bhim app se ,,,
@Richard S khuleaam bolkar kar rahe hai chupakar nahi ,, gov company nahi chalayegi bola ,,1991 bhool gaya kya???
@Richard S 🤦🤦🤦
Blaming it on UPA govt is a super folly as in 2000 when the company was instilled the natural death of the company was written down. My boss who was the vigilance officer advised me before his retirement not to continue in the company after 2020 as by that time maximum DOT absorbed employees will retire and then they can sell the company without much hindrance. This video didn't speak of the role of RCOM which spearheaded the downfall of BSNL. Their employees openly threatened BSNL employees even the GMs if they did their job sincerely. Even now as per my knowledge RCOM has ₹777crores to pay back BSNL. When govt uses the services of the company rarely does the bills get settled in time just like in the case of AirIndia. As soon as AirIndia was privatised all ministries were asked to settle the pending bills. Similar is the situation. About pension being a burden.
How can we stop that jio and Airtel to make that move?
I respect this piece a lot. It shows your integrity. Bsnl has been begging for 4g license since the beginning of last decade, but was denied. I maintain a 2g bsnl sim just to support the idea of a PSU. I work in the private sector.
No bro , they must use Indian made 4G equipment's , wait you will get , for your information BSNL Kerala uses 4G , just check
@@kanna3043 hello friend that is a trick by the big guys to keep bsnl down,if they wanted they could let bsnl use Indian equipments progressively, what they are doing is letting it not compete with private co.panies through such techniques.
@equinoxwhat triggered you?
@equinox seriously? Is that what you understood? Dont be delusional.
No body killed bsnl , they committed a suicide and other telecom operators took over .
Absolutely right...
Thanks for such a valuable information, even i used to scold BSNL right now i understood what actually hapoend👌👌👌
My fathers friend ws a BSNL employee and once he had said BSNL has the best fiber used in the communication industry but instead of them using it it ws given to private companies through lot of internal corruption ,,,, The government system is not incentivised so any non incetivised company is hard to groww( incentivise is having a lot on consequences of the work you do good/bad both ,,, the emplyees need to gien more oppurtunity alos)
This video shows how the company was buried into ground by unethical practices and how the government interference reduces the ease of doing business which end up running companies into ground, striking a balance is paramount.
Thanks for the video guys♥️
Not government interference, but by false charges of 2G by CBI, govt by itself destroyed BSNL. In the final verdict of 2G, it came out that it was not a scam. But it all gained momentum in the media. Most people even today do not know the final verdict of the 2G case.
Government employees always have unethical practices which is the strong reason behind failure of government sector with financial loss and bad service providing. It is good to close government departments to maximum extent.
@@puneethkm5638 government employees comes under govt. So, aee you implying that govt is enabling the environment for survival of corrupt people?
@@abhilashramteke3333 Definitely
You explained packet switching in a way even my cs teacher can't do😹😹
When you are a monopoly in the market, you ought to give profits. BSNL thought it would go on having a fields day without competition.
The video is yet to premiere, but i think BSNL has become like a bureaucracy, which lead to it's failure.
"Lunch ke baad aana"
🙄
Lack of innovation can be another reason.
Employee of BSNL are selected by reservation
Corruption bhi jo 2G, 3G technology ke paiso pei kiya gya
BSNL was a crappy company. During the time you said BSNL made profits I used to be a child and I joked with my friends that BSNL means 'Bhai Sahabh Nahi Lagega'!
Customers will naturally gravitate towards a company that values them.
I was an Airtel Broadband customer once and it really sucked, one of the worst services that I ever received by any company.
Then I heard about BSNL Having FTTH facility at the same time Jio Fiber just launched.
I contacted both Jio and BSNL and Jio refused saying if there will be few more customers there, only then they will provide Jio Fiber.
But BSNL brought the Optical Fiber Cable 2+ km , just for our house and they were very nice. I was shocked to see since I was used to the norm of BSNL being really bad, I realized there has been a change in the customer service by them, not drastic of course but there has been improvement in recent years.
I have been using BSNL FTTH for many years now and I am satisfied by their services.
They fix problems very soon too.
I even ported my Jio sim to BSNL when they rolled out 4G in my city few years ago.
I am tired of paying 100 rupees per month just to keep my sim alive. At least with BSNL Sim, I can pay for validity for an year and then keep 50 rupees all year lol.
It's sad to see downfall of BSNL but I think they need to revamp their entire management and bring in new players for better services, I would be happy to pay my tax for loss incurring BSNL if they provide great service on a cheaper price across all of India. (Just my opinion)
You are one of the lucky 0.05% customer of BSNL
@@sureshpolali4616 haha nah , maybe my city's BSNL service has improved.
I have been using Bsnl fibernet broadband in Bengaluru since 4 years now.
ngl their services are literally the best amongst all major private isp's in my area.
Downtimes are negligible and speed is as advertised (100 mbps+) by the company.
Their customer service has also been great , in case of any modem breakdowns . The service executives arrive at my residence the very next day after i raise a complaint.
It's a fabulous production on BSNL's downfall.Now, I would like to request you to to make such a production on the downfall of All India Radio, now under Prasarbharati.Doordarshan is also of same fate under the umbrella of Prasarbharati..It has the almost the same reason of downfall as like BSNL. Total misappropriation of public money is still under way. It's a sinking ship. Whereas private media is on booming stage. Please take up this issue. Thanks.
Main reason Government employees. When you get your salary regularly without worrying about your performance, why you wanna work.
Government should not run businesses. They must concentrate on policy development and enforcement.
if govt stops running business then your daily requirements would sky rocket and your own salary would not suffice your daily needs
Then if your salary will not be able to get necessity
I too using BSNL prepaid connection in Bengaluru city. The maximum speed is 2-3 mbps against 20-30 mbps of private operators. Currently all channels' programs are HD and with 3 mbps who can open a single program. The chairman of BSNL announced the BSNL 4G roll was expected by August 15th. But nothing happened and crores of subscribers are suffering with BSNL 3G. We are still holding the connection only because "we love an Indian Public Sector Company". No one in the ministry or in the company wants to improve the service. Very pathetic situation.
Hey Think School,
I'm off topic here but please make a video on Amway in light of recent events and ED attaching some 700cr.
At some point we've all been scammed to attend their life changing seminar😄😄.
i was one of the luckiest guys who escaped amway trap. i was lured into attending the seminar by my ex colleague that it was being sponsered by a company called britt worldwide. it was only after coming there i realised it was a amway front company. i some how managed to escape from signing up to their direct selling scheme.😁😁😁😁😁😁
Hi. Even I was lured by one of AMWAY partner to join them. Only One of their session of hearing from Horse mouth I realized it's a Scam MLM company. People don't fall prey to these get rich quick schemes.
My father apply for a land line in 1995.we get our connection in 1997 yes that's true
Lazy & unprofessional employees killed their own company whether Bsnl or old Air India. And then the idiots have the audacity to protest for losing job.
PM Modi had clarified that govt has no business to conduct businesses. BSNL was a business and a minister took advantage.
Dmk minister. Not bjp minister
BSNL killed itself, to be honest
Just research if the profits recorded in early years by BSNL are after considering govt subsidy...Like for eg - ONGC recorded around 5000 crores loss but govt subsidies 10000 crores made their financials into 5000 crores profit
Great vdo. Quality has greatly improved. Key takeaways of this episode : 1. Govts must continue to serve in the essential and vital sectors as pvt companies may not be interested in doing business in potential loss making areas, so govt companies and agencies are required to exist alongside pvt companies. 2. Corruption if not checked in time and eradicated will lead to destruction. 3. Observe and quickly adapt to the market changes and trends in order to meet the changing needs of the consumers. 😎😎😎
4. Strict Policies should be introduced so Ministers can't interfere with autonomy of a PSU. Let professional things be left to professionals.
@@shivam-aggarwala regulatory body should be in place to monitor the functioning of PSUs and other govt agencies too.
@@e.sanoop110 it's better to just list them in the stock market and let investors and Sebi supervise them.
You need to trust people. Regulatory bodies are often just a burden and misused by powerful people. BSNL is where it is due to regulatory bodies.
Edit: it's a classic hr problem. you let someone supervise an employee. How can you be sure that they won't collude or the superviser won't force the employee to do their bidding. Would you hire another supervisor? if yes, how would you make sure the same won't happen? You need to trust people and accept there is a risk and control that risk, instead of trying to create a saint.
@@shivam-aggarwal yes, that's a great idea. All PSUs must be listed in the stock market, as only that might motivate them work harder and make profits, the institutional investors in such companies can provide guidance and support.
The amount of damage Congress did to our country is unimaginable
YES AND BJP DID ALL REPAIRS FOR PETROL AND ALL 😂😂😂
Kitna Chatega RE. 😂
@@amishbhadwa7104 tu to kuch mat hi bol tere to naam me hi bhadwa hi 🤣🤣
Congress 🤣, our PM is brand ambassador of jio. Andhbhakt logo socho.
@@kirannayak2861 video dekh li fir bhi yah comment! Chamache sudhrenge nahi ya fir english hi nahi aati.
Yes u have barely scratched the surface of the whole matter. I am wife of bsnl employee who treats bsnl as his own family and is still trying hard to serve better in almost zero balance
Hi Ganesh,
You have forgotten one more important point.
During A.Raja period, he allowed for illegal merger of telecom companies likes Uninor (Unitech + Telnor) and Tata Docomo (Tata Teleservices + NTT DOCOMO). After getting the spectrum the telecom operator cannot merger with other telecom operator for a certain period of years.
"Lunch break ke baad aana" killed BSNL.
Change my mind.
Dosti bane rahe....
Well presented.
Is there no way to stop the loot by organized private n governments?
Thank you very much for this in-depth analysis on the history down the years of BSNL and its eventual downfall. I am still a BSNL user and its story has really intrigued me and now this information certainly sparks a know-how within me as to what the present government will do, whether will it make actual profitable ammendments in the system and the company or it will just be left to only Political agendas and pamphlets for the sake of elections only.
Such a deep dive into the topic. Appreciate it mate.
Can you please also explain why there were call drops when jio came into market?
If bsnl shuts down then what will happen to people in rural area?
India needs privatisation in every sector..... government's role should be minimum.......I wish in future I will be able to buy electricity from private firms not from government because government bijli vibhag sucks........
Yep except 2 or 3 psu in every sector, others should be managed by private board who know business. Singapore and China has done it and it made their state companies powerful
No way bro. Government role is to provide basic services to common people at reasonable rate. Privatising is a way in which governments want to get rid of their responsibility instead of improving their services.
Sad to see the downfall, I work at BSNL for 2 years and it is in fact offering an Indian friendly price which was a competitive advantage, they have been offering bang for the buck money long before the new entrants. But, the consumer segments no longer see the value with the company as on one hand the company wasn't making profit and inturn unable to maintain high quality service, it's a long story to be told with this industry in particular.
I find BSNL still quite ok. Dataspeed, quantity are often better private players.
Perform or Perish.
Holding that the 2G spectrum scam of 2008 was "conjectured" by some people, a CBI court acquitted former telecom minister A Raja, DMK chief K Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi, well-known businessmen, bureaucrats and all other accused.
It was a stunning twist in the case which, along with other scandals, came to symbolize the crony capitalism that allegedly flourished under UPA, provoking popular fury which helped BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Yes you are right
Bro please go and read the judgement properly...the judge clearly calls out the complicit nature of prosecution for deliberately sabotaging their case...it's a clear open n shit case of a scam....what is the basis the very fact that the licences issued under this scam was outrightly rejected n nullified by SC... I'll tell you why modi govt is going slow in this scam case, 1. Because Tata group ratan tata is involved in this scam
2. Prince of Abu dhabi has his investment of 100M$ invested in this scam, can't destroy diplomatic relations due to this
Who ever is telling you otherwise is outrightly making fool out of o you
Blatant disqualification of renowned with the necessary technical expertise and inclusion of shell companies in the tender process points to culpability of corruption. It really does not matter what any court in the country pronounces.
@@sujitdsouza if we dont want to listen to the decision of tge court then we dont know who will settle the argument between the two of us.
The CBI had alleged that there was a loss of Rs. 30,984 crore to the exchequer in allocation of licences for the 2G spectrum which were scrapped by the top court on February 2, 2012.
Raja and Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, were also let off in another case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate under the money laundering law arising out of the 2G scam.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini, whose court came into being on March 14, 2011 for hearing 2G cases exclusively, also acquitted Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe. Besides Ruias, Loop Telecom Promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan and Vikash Saraf, one of the Essar Group Directors, Loop Telecom Ltd, Loop Mobile (India) Ltd and Essar Teleholdings Ltd were also acquitted.
The first case, prosecuted by CBI, had 17 accused, while the second matter, pursued by ED, had 19 undertrials.
The third one had eight accused including Essar promoters. The verdict was hailed by all accused including Raja and Kanimozhi who were greeted with cheers from party colleagues present in court premises.
Initially, the CBI lodged an FIR on October 21, 2009 against unknown officers of DoT, unknown private persons and firms and others and later the apex court took up the matter leading to resignation of Raja and his subsequent arrest. The alleged scam had then rocked the UPA government. In its charge sheet filed in April 2011 against Raja and others, the CBI had alleged that there was a loss of Rs. 30,984 crore to the exchequer in allocation of licences for the 2G spectrum which were scrapped by the top court on February 2, 2012.
The second case was lodged by the Enforcement Directorate with regard to alleged laundering of Rs. 200 crore bribe money against Raja, Kanimozhi and 17 others.
The trial in the third case, arising out of the 2G scam probe, was conducted against Essar promoters -- Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia -- and six others.
The CBI had named them in its charge sheet on December 12, 2011, alleging they had cheated the Department of Telecommunication by using Loop Telecom as a “front” to secure 2G licences in 2008.
@@hockeyjss98 i just googled the verdict. What needs to be pertinently analysed is the proposition that whether auctioning the 2G spectrum and distributing it on a first-come-first-serve basis is to be considered an erroneous act, not to speak of corruption, given that government policy was greater penetration rather than earning revenue from an essential infrastructure for development.
If the answer is in the negative, then there is no further reason, rationality and legality that can be attributed to the arguments of corruption in this so-called scam. In the light of the circumstances objectively explained and in the absence of any material evidence of wrongdoing noted by the trial court, readers shall appreciate that the 2G spectrum issue was blown out of proportion by a few political parties as well as a section of the media. They compromised national interests to derive political mileage from this controversy.
The rumblings of trouble began in November 2010 with the leaked CAG report on the 2G Spectrum which suggested that Rs 1.76 lakh crore were lost (described as presumptive loss) to the government exchequer because of myopic, even legally questionable policies of the government in handing out valuable spectrum resource in 2007-08 at the 2001 price.
Our economic policies were obstructed, while our social policies were distorted to cause acute self-consciousness. It is ironic in the extreme that many policies that the NDA then opposed such as Aadhaar, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Retail, Goods and Services Tax (GST), etc. are now being implemented (although with flaws) and being claimed as great achievements. Again, the unwholesome trend of disrupting parliamentary proceedings is haunting them despite their majority
First, newspapers and news channels took the bit and ran, only to be overtaken by the Parliament that comprised an Opposition desperate to capture power and deeply divided treasury Benches. The former had, for over a decade, failed to whip up religious sentiment beyond a point, while the latter was caught in maladjusted attitudes towards the duality of power between the party and the government, something that had appeared to be a master stroke when UPA-I trounced the BJP in 2004.
Session after session, week after week, Parliament was paralysed by an unrelenting and abrasive Opposition with chants of scam and demands for the resignation of important members of the government. The party and its allies that had returned to power with an increased majority and had outstanding and ambitious plans of inclusive development, were suddenly thrown into confusion and self-doubt followed by induced inaction or what was maliciously described as policy paralysis. While on the one hand the government was not allowed to work, it was, on the other, accused of being unable to do any work.
Our economic policies were obstructed, while our social policies were distorted to cause acute self-consciousness. It is ironic in the extreme that many policies that the NDA then opposed such as Aadhaar, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Retail, Goods and Services Tax (GST), etc. are now being implemented (although with flaws) and being claimed as great achievements. Again, the unwholesome trend of disrupting parliamentary proceedings is haunting them despite their majority
The TRAI recommendations were made in August 2007. The 200-page report, in addition to playing a catalytic role in development, sought to balance accepting of ‘legacy and level playing field’ with ‘social good or consumer interests.
The Regulator pitched for auction in 3G and beyond but keeping the existing situation in mind opted to continue First Come First Serve for UAS 2G licences:
“The allocation of spectrum is after the payment of entry fee and grant of license. The entry fee as it exists today is, in fact, a result of the price discovered through a market based mechanism applicable for the grant of license to the 4th cellular operator...It is in this background that the Authority is not recommending the standard options pricing of spectrum, however, it has elsewhere in the recommendation made a strong case for adopting auction procedure in the allocation of all other spectrum bands except 800, 900 and 1800 MHz .”
It is interesting to note that the Chairman of TRAI was none other than Nripendra Mishra, presently principal secretary to PM Modi.
It is surprising therefore, that the CAG, CVC and CBI, not to mention the Supreme Court should have so easily persuaded themselves that not putting 2G spectrum to auction was a grievous infraction of the law and by implication, an act of corruption causing enormous loss to the country’s exchequer
Vinod Rai, a Kerala cadre IAS officer, was chosen by the UPA to be CAG over several other likely candidates at a late night intervention by the finance minister. Nothing about his record would have suggested that he would end up virtually destroying the government. He was friendly and communicative in the initial period of his tenure but with the Report he submitted, he became a hot potato.
If any statement continued to ring in one’s ears months after the hurly burly of the 2G implosion, it is the phrase used by my colleague and the then replacement Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal-‘zero loss’.
The assertion was made on very sound reasoning based on the Planning Commission Working Paper for the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) that identified territory penetration rather than revenue earning as national priority. But sadly, the statement turned out to be a red rag to the bull. A howl of protest went up in Parliament and outside, driving Sibal for cover.
What was indeed the truth spoken with responsibility became impudent denial for the public inquisition and we left the space undefended in the hope of cutting our losses, individually and collectively. The judgment of Judge O.P. Saini came as great relief to all of us and of course to Kapil Sibal, who lost a bit of time reiterating his red rag to the BJP bull. But, in a sense, this is a case of history vindicating us rather than being a valiant fight to overcome adversity.
The 2G judgement was pronounced on the day when the second judge, Justice AK Ganguly was to retire.
The atrocity, arrogance, inefficiency undevelopment, unimprovement altogether doomed the department.
Every government company deserves this.
(Government is for governance not for business - Atal Bihari Vajpayee).
Ok then why IOCL still there?
But you will cry when private players will have monopoly in oil and gas 🤣