MTNL turns profitable at Rs 7,825 cr

State-run telecom firm MTNL has shown profit of Rs 7,825 crore on books for 2013-14 on account of some write back provisions, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. It had last posted annual profit of Rs 211.7 crore in 2008-09.

On the other hand BSNL is expected to further narrow loss in 2013-14. According to the data shared by the Minister, provisional loss of BSNL is estimated to be at Rs 7,085 crore in 2013-14. BSNL had posted annual loss of Rs 7,884 crore in 2012-13.