Question : FREE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS



(a) whether the free telephones have been provided to the retired employees of the Telecommunication Department;

(b) if so, the number of employees benefited thereby during the last three years till date; and

(c) the expenditure incurred thereon during the said period?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)

(a) to (c): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.