The bottomless pit that is BSNL
By
Neha Kumari
More than six years after the government poured ₹69,000 crore for its revival and nearly two years after it paid ₹132 crore to Boston Consulting Group for a strategic transformation roadmap, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. is firmly back where it has spent most of the past two decades—in the red.
In its latest reported quarter, October-December 2025, the state-owned telecom company posted a loss of ₹1,302 crore.
