The BSNL Employees Union on Thursday opposed the Government’s proposal to implement a voluntary retirement scheme, alleging that it is a strategy to reduce the PSU’s workforce before handing it over to a private player.
The union in a statement alleged step-motherly attitude of the Government towards BSNL as the company has not been allocated 4G spectrum required for the its business growth.
It said that telecom minister Manoj Sinha had given assurance in January 2018 that BSNL would be allotted spectrum for 4G services but it is pending till date.
According to sources, the Department of Telecom had floated a cabinet note for allocation of spectrum for 4G services to BSNL but Finance Ministry raised questions on the business viability of such proposal.
