(a) whether various State Governments owe to BSNL a huge
amount of arrears on account of telephone services provided
to various Departments of the State Governments;
(b) if so, the details thereof till date, State-wise; and
(c) the efforts made or being made for recovery of the
dues?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNISATIONS AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMED )
(a) An amount of Rs. 172.51 Crores is outstanding as on 31-
12-2004 on account of telephone services provided to various
Departments of the State Governments.
(b) The State-wise details of outstanding as on 31-12-2004
are given in the Annexure.
(c) The following steps are taken to recover the
outstanding dues:
(i) Written/Telephonic reminders are issued regularly
to clear the outstanding dues.
(ii) Heads of Circles take up the matter with Chief
Secretary / Heads of Departments of respective
State Governments.
(iii) Visits by officers of BSNL are made to the
concerned Departments, for recovery of outstanding
dues.
ANNEXURE
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF OUTSTANDING AMOUNT AS ON 31-12-2004 ON
ACCOUNT OF TELEPHONE SERVICES PROVIDED TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS.
Name of the State Amount outstanding
(Rs. in Crore) Andaman & Nicobar 1.53 Andhra Pradesh 13.07 Arunachal Pradesh 15.76 Assam 10.47 Bihar 19.42 Chhattisgarh 0.56 Goa 0.39 Gujarat 1.31 Haryana 0.90 Himachal Pradesh 0.01 Jammu & Kashmir 15.60 Jharkhand 12.88 Karnataka 2.55 Kerala 0.69 Madhya Pradesh 8.38 Maharashtra 3.87 Manipur 4.72 Meghalaya 1.77 Mizoram 0.41 Nagaland 9.22 Orissa 12.45 Pondicherry 0.01 Punjab 2.68 Rajasthan 0.82 Sikkim 1.38 Tamilnadu 1.41 Tiripura 1.28 Uttar Pradesh 18.85 Uttaranchal 1.05 West Bengal 9.07 Total: 172.51