In an engaging conversation that addressed a range of topics, Manoj Sinha, the Union Minister for Communication and Minister of State for Railways, spoke about the...
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
The dumbs are responsible for themselves. Ask the whole India abt the Bsnl service u will get the answer why these are paid late. Bsnl should be privitised
1. It is easy, and politically convenient right now for some, to blame the NDA government and PM Narendra Modi for poor financial health of two public sector telecom companies, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). Fact is that since these two companies did make no efforts to introduce new technology, both of them have rapidly lost market share and they are no longer in a position to earn a profit. 2. As it happens in case of other public sector undertakings, burden of excess staff, increased salary unrelated to productivity and burden of ever-rising pensions–these are three factors which have multiplied problems of BSNL & MTNL. Both of them are in sort of a financial crisis as their main business (wired landline phones) is under a serious ‘existential’ threat. Thousands of BSNL & MTNL customers have surrendered and still are surrendering their landline phones. 3. Hence the Union Telecom ministry cannot delay a decision regarding future of these two companies. It is a historical fact that when telecom services business was opened to private sector, both BSNL & MTNL were simply not prepared to face competition from private sector telecomm companies. It is also a fact that these two companies did not get support from the concerned ministry. The then Communications minister in Union cabinet favoured private companies who grew at cost of both BSNL & MTNL. Hence question that remains to be answered is this: would Voluntary Retirement Scheme be good enough to turn around BSNL & MTNL? Answer is in the negative but our politicians have rarely shown political will and administrative courage to deal with losses of public sector undertakings and we cannot expect much from them. BSNL & MTNL like Air India, another public sector undertaking in loss, will continue to be in business but at cost of taxpayers’ money.
The dumbs are responsible for themselves. Ask the whole India abt the Bsnl service u will get the answer why these are paid late. Bsnl should be privitised
1. It is easy, and politically convenient right now for some, to blame the NDA government and PM Narendra Modi for poor financial health of two public sector telecom companies, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). Fact is that since these two companies did make no efforts to introduce new technology, both of them have rapidly lost market share and they are no longer in a position to earn a profit. 2. As it happens in case of other public sector undertakings, burden of excess staff, increased salary unrelated to productivity and burden of ever-rising pensions–these are three factors which have multiplied problems of BSNL & MTNL. Both of them are in sort of a financial crisis as their main business (wired landline phones) is under a serious ‘existential’ threat. Thousands of BSNL & MTNL customers have surrendered and still are surrendering their landline phones. 3. Hence the Union Telecom ministry cannot delay a decision regarding future of these two companies. It is a historical fact that when telecom services business was opened to private sector, both BSNL & MTNL were simply not prepared to face competition from private sector telecomm companies. It is also a fact that these two companies did not get support from the concerned ministry. The then Communications minister in Union cabinet favoured private companies who grew at cost of both BSNL & MTNL. Hence question that remains to be answered is this: would Voluntary Retirement Scheme be good enough to turn around BSNL & MTNL? Answer is in the negative but our politicians have rarely shown political will and administrative courage to deal with losses of public sector undertakings and we cannot expect much from them. BSNL & MTNL like Air India, another public sector undertaking in loss, will continue to be in business but at cost of taxpayers’ money.
Nehru is responsible
Managing the economy would have been a better enterprise than managing events and headlines.