As per DoT or Department of Telecom rules, BSNL is allowed to take loan only for capital expenditure. But salaries is not such an expense, hence, BSNL employees are not getting the salary.
Interestingly, BSNL has the lowest debt among all telcos, but still, their employees are being denied salaries.
BSNL has debt of Rs 13,900 crore, meanwhile Airtel has debt of Rs 1.13 lakh crore, and Vodafone has debt of Rs 1.2 lakh crore. The combined debt of Jio is Rs 2 lakh crore.
BSNL Has No Money To Pay Salaries For 1.6 Lakh Employees; Salaries Upto 6 Months Delayed