New Delhi: The Group of Ministers, to
look in to revival strategy for state-run telecom operators BSNL and
MTNL, cancelled its meeting on Friday because of some changes in the
schedule of Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
"Finance Minister
was not available today," a government official said, adding that next
date for the meeting is yet to be decided.
Sources at Finance
Ministry said that the Finance Minister had to travel to Chennai and
hence he was not available for the meeting.
The GoM is headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
It
was constituted after Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in a letter to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh raised concerns over the future of the two loss
making PSUs.
BSNL losses are expected to be about Rs 8,198
crore, and that of MTNL is likely to be around Rs 3,300 crore for the
financial year 2012-13.
Members of the GoM include the Telecom
Minister, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Law Minister
Ashwani Kumar, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh
Ahluwalia, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy.
PTI
First Published: Friday, May 10, 2013, 09:11
