In the ongoing session in Parliament, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad responded to the public sector undertaking BSNL. He said, 'We firmly believe that the existence of a public sector undertaking like BSNL is important for both public service and fairness in the entire system of communication. BSNL had to face bad times. It looked positive in 2014-15, 2015-16.'

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In his statement, the Union Minister further said, 'Our government has taken a decision to revive both BSNL and MTNL as they do public service in floods, earthquakes etc.'

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In his address in Parliament, he further said that 74% of revenue for BSNL employee, 87% in MTNL, 3% in Airtel, 6% in Vodafone and 4% in Jio. So we had to think afresh for this. About one lakh employees have volunteered for VRS and we are giving them the package. As far as 4G is concerned, the cabinet is committed to giving 4G. It will be given soon.

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