Some members and the chairman asked a number of questions to the officials like whether these rules are in conformity with the legal framework, sources in the panel said.
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New Delhi: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) won’t be profitable for another two years, despite saving nearly Rs 10,000 crore annually with employees opting for voluntary retirement, a parliamentary standing committee has noted in its report.Â
âThe expenditure of BSNL has reduced from Rs. 34,400 crore per annum to Rs. 24,687 crore per annum (Annualized value of 9 months figures) mainly due to savings in employee benefits expense, due to VRS [Voluntary Retirement Scheme] as part of revival package,â the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology said in its report tabled in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on 10 March.
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology will be conducting a meeting on the Intermediary Guidelines Rules notified earlier this month. The committee, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, will receive a briefing from representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on the Rules in the context of “Review of functioning of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)” on Monday (March 15).
The agenda reads: “Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Intermediary Guidelines in the context of examination of the subject ‘Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).’”