MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION

• The Ministry of Communication got a boost in their annual budget for

FY2023-24 a sum of Rs 1,23,393.05 crore
• Departments under this ministry
Department of Telecommunication
Department of Post
 Price in crore
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Dept. of 26,687 28,055 27,338 66,431 58,737 84,586 97,579
Telecommunication
Dept. of post 9,550 11,496 11,299 15,525 16,528 20,820 25,814
OVERALL 36,237 39,551 38,637 81,956 75,265 1,05,406 1,23,393
• Dept. of Telecommunication allots 2,158cr for spectrum, yet the
spectrum availability is less than 40%

• 5.56cr for 5G connectivity yet BSNL has no 5G connection

• 5000 cr for BharathNet but still India faces poor connectivity

• 48% of tele. budget is spent for BSNL

Performance of BSNL

In crore
Year Income Expenditure profit/loss

2017-18 25,071 33,809 -8,738

2018-19 19,321 34,225 -14,904

2019-20 18,907 34,406 -15,500

2020-21 18,595 26,036 -7,441

2021-22 19,053 26,034 -6,982

2022-23 20,699 27,364 -6688

LOSS
Performance of department of post
In crore
Year Income Expenditure Profit?loss

2018-19 13,482 27,129 -13646

2019-20 13,558 28,371 -14813

2020-21 10,632 28,327 -17695

2021-22 10,860 29720 -18,860

2022-23 25540 69880 -44340

LOSS