BSNL, Air India, MTNL worst performing state-owned firms
BSNL, Air India and MTNL were the least profitable public sector units in 2016-17, according to a government survey. The three companies incurred 55.66% of the total losses suffered by the top ten loss-making Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). Further, the overall net profit of the 257 operating public sector units grew 11.7% during 2016-17 to â¹1.27 lakh crore.