BSNL suffered Rs 14,979 cr loss in 2013-14

 State-run BSNL suffered a loss of Rs 14,979 crore in landline services during 2013-14 whereas its net loss for the period stood at Rs 7,085 crore.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said loss for landline business of BSNL for 2013-14 stood at Rs 14,979 crore and net loss at Rs 7085 crore. The figures for the period are provisional and unaudited.

The public sector firm's net loss stood at Rs 7,884 crore in 2012-13 and Rs 8,851 crore for 2011-12. The loss for landline business was Rs 13,445 crore for 2012-13 and Rs 12,669 crore in 2011-12.