At least 92,700 BSNL, MTNL employees opt for voluntary retirement

New Delhi: The voluntary retirement plan of BSNL and MTNL was closed on Tuesday with more than 92,700 employees who opted for it, according to senior officials of public sector telecommunications companies.
Around 78,300 employees of BSNL and 14,378 of MTNL have opted for the scheme.
“Approximately 78,300 employees have opted for the VRS according to the data received from all the circles until the closure of the scheme. This is according to our objective. We expected a reduction of 82,000 employees. In addition to the VRS applicants, about 6,000 employees were also retired. “. The president and CEO of BSNL, PK Purwar, told PTI.
The UPM had established December 3 as the last date for employees to opt for VRS.
MTNL president and CEO Sunil Kumar said the PSU has also exceeded the goal set for VRS.
“14,378 employees have opted for VRS against the target of 13,650 employees. This will reduce our annual salary bill from Rs 2,272 million rupees to Rs 500 million rupees. Now we have 4,430 employees left who are enough to run our business,” Kumar said.
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