{"id":247051,"date":"2023-06-08T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247051"},"modified":"2023-06-08T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:40:49","slug":"bsnls-third-revival-package-union-cabinet-approves-allotment-of-4g-5g-spectrum-to-bsnl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bsnls-third-revival-package-union-cabinet-approves-allotment-of-4g-5g-spectrum-to-bsnl\/","title":{"rendered":"BSNL&#8217;s third revival package: Union Cabinet approves allotment of 4G\/5G Spectrum to BSNL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b>The post is based on the article\u00a0<b>\u201cBSNL&#8217;s third revival package: Union Cabinet approves allotment of 4G\/5G Spectrum to BSNL\u201d<\/b>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<b>PIB <\/b>on\u00a0<strong>7th <\/strong><b>June\u00a0<\/b><b>2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_the_News\">What is the News?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As part of the revival strategy, the Union Cabinet has approved BSNL&#8217;s third revival package with a total outlay of Rs. 89,047 crores. It includes an allotment of 4G\/5G spectrum for BSNL through equity infusion. With this revival package, BSNL will emerge as a stable telecom service provider focused on providing connectivity to the remotest parts of India.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the key aspects of BSNL\u2019s revival package?<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cabinet-approves-revival-package-of-bsnl-amounting-to-rs-1-64-lakh-cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cabinet approves revival package of BSNL amounting to Rs 1.64 Lakh Cr.<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What are the potential benefits of BSNL&#8217;s third revival package?<\/h2>\n<p>With this spectrum allotment, BSNL will be able to <strong>a)\u00a0<\/strong>Provide pan India 4G and 5G services, <strong>b)<\/strong> Provide 4G coverage in rural and uncovered villages under various connectivity projects, <strong>c)<\/strong> Provide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services for high-speed internet, and <strong>d)<\/strong> Provide services\/spectrum for Captive Non-Public Network (CNPN).<\/p>\n<h2>About the performance of BSNL&#8217;s previous revival packages<\/h2>\n<p>The Government approved the first revival package for BSNL\/MTNL in 2019 and brought stability to BSNL\/MTNL.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Government approved a second revival package for BSNL\/MTNL. It provided financial support for capex, viability gap funding for rural landlines, financial support for de-stressing the balance sheet, settlement of AGR dues, merger of BBNL with BSNL, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these two packages, BSNL has started earning operating profits since FY 2021-22. The total debt of BSNL has reduced from Rs. 32,944 Crore to Rs. 22,289 Crore.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/revival-package-for-bsnl-much-needed-bailout\/\"><span id=\"What_are_the_concerns_against_the_revival_package_for_BSNL\">What are the concerns against the revival package for BSNL?<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cBSNL&#8217;s third revival package: Union Cabinet approves allotment of 4G\/5G Spectrum to BSNL\u201d\u00a0published in the\u00a0PIB on\u00a07th June\u00a02023 What is the News? As part of the revival strategy, the Union Cabinet has approved BSNL&#8217;s third revival package with a total outlay of Rs. 89,047 crores. It includes an allotment of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bsnls-third-revival-package-union-cabinet-approves-allotment-of-4g-5g-spectrum-to-bsnl\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BSNL&#8217;s third revival package: Union Cabinet approves allotment of 4G\/5G Spectrum to BSNL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-247051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704799248},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}