'BSNL employees may not get to see 7th pay commission hike, till company turns profitable'

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: It is that time of the year that the buzz around employees' salary increments starts building up. But employees of the PSU telecommunications major Bharta Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) got a dampener on Thursday.

BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava announced that the employees of the company will not get the benefit of the salary hike as announced in the 7th pay commission if the company runs in loss in 2015-16.

Though, BSNL had reported an operating profit of Rs 672 crore in 2014-15, it had been posting losses since the previous four years.

The company had an employee strength of 2,25 lakh as on March 2015.