Praising the Prime Minister Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav said, “The way the revival package has been made, no other government in the world could have taken such a huge risk as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken. This was not a small allocation.”
New Delhi: UnionTelecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s terse message during his first meeting with the employees of public sector telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was “Either perform or “perish”.
In a leaked audio from the meeting, he was heard warning the 62,000-strong workforce of the ailing company that anyone not performing will be made to take voluntary retirement.
He chaired the meeting with the senior management of the company on Thursday, days after announcing a ₹ 1.64 lakh crore package for the revival of the PSU.
The Telecom Minister said “I will be measuring the performance every month. Those who don’t want to work can take voluntary retirement and go home. Or you will be made to take voluntary retirement, like what happened in railways,” he was heard saying in the over five-minute long clip.
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“We have done what we were supposed to do and now you need to perform…This is going to be the new normal from now on. Perform or perish. Only your performance can save you in this competitive industry. I want to see the results in the next 24 months. I will see a monthly report on your performance,” the BJP leader said.
Praising the Prime Minister Mr. Ashwini Vaishnav said, “The way the revival package has been made, no other government in the world could have taken such a huge risk as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken. This was not a small allocation.”
To make BSNL financially viable, the Union Cabinet approved the revival package estimated at ₹ 1.64 lakh crore on July 27.
Revival measures approved by the cabinet focus on infusing fresh capital for upgrading BSNL services, allocating spectrum, de-stressing its balance sheet, and augmenting its fiber network.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to merge Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) with BSNL.
Through this merger, BSNL will get an additional 5.67 lakh kilometers of optical fiber which has been laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats in the country.
As of now, BSNL has an optical fiber cable network of over 6.83 lakh kilometers.
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