Minister for Communications & IT,  Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated in the Parliament that BSNL incurred a loss of Rs.7085 crore in the year 2013-14. However, MTNL has made a profit of Rs.7825 crore by virtue of government aid , write back of provisions on account of pension liabilities and spectrum amortization. In the previous year,2012-13, MTNL loss was Rs.5321 crore and the loss of BSNL stood at 7884 crore.