Reliance JIO PL statement
When controversy about Reliance Jio is going on about its Predatory
pricing - aggravate marketing, it awakened my
spirit to read their annual financial statement. Some of the features that
I found are shared herewith with my
observations.
PL statement of Reliance Jio year
ended 31-3-2018 :
Revenue 20158 cr
Expenses 19049 cr
PBT 1109 cr
Net Profit 723 cr
Employee Expense 963 cr ( salary 853 cr PF, welfare etc)
Operating expense 4921 cr
Access Charge expense 4287 cr
Depreciation 3577 cr
For Every equity of Rs 10 the earning is 16 paise
Equity capital is 45000 cr
Total Borrowing as on April 1,
2017 was 47463 cr
The company is providing Employees plans as of PF scheme and Gratuity
act
TRAVELLING EXPENSES SHOWN ONLY as Rs 25 CR
CONTRIBUTION TO Pension fund was shown as 36 cr and PF 72 cr
Each Jio subscriber on an average
consumes 9.7 GB data, 716 minutes of voice calls, and 13.8 hours of video per
month. Jio is claiming average download
speed of 17.9 Mbps which is more than twice the network speed available on any
other network.
The other claim of JiO is Making Life Better( not told one is bitter to
other telcos) "The MyJio app is the most popular self-care app with over 150
million downloads and substantial additional features. During the year, Jio was
awarded the 1st rank in India and 17th globally in the Fast Company’s World’s
50 Most most innovative company. Awarded The
Disruptors title by CNBC TV. It won Best Mobile Video content award at
Global Mobile Awards 2018.
My Observations:
1. There is no level playing field
on Job creation comparing BSNL ( as there is no commitment the expenses
on that head is nothing comparing BSNL ). BSNL the top employer is giving jobs
to 2 lakh. There is no mandatory licensing condition ‘for this much production
this much manpower is minimum’. California Formula is normally applied by
Privates that is ‘less manpower to the extent possible- double the salary- make use
of them do over production’ . Spend less on live labour and more on dead labour
like state of art technology.
2. 2 years ago JIO’s PL was shown only in some lakhs. How this quantum
jump was made possible to 20000 cr
within 2 years - capturing market attracting (fooling) the customers with below the cost prices
making the fair play and grammar of
competition a mockery.
3. Its Equity capital and loan is almost equal that is debt equity ratio is one
4. This boom of over production in Telecom will lead to ‘Big fish theory’
of swallowing weak operators whether private or public
5. Reliance Industries is an integrated corporate giant and Jio is part
of that corporate collectives.
6. BSNL Board room started copying the AirTel Board room decisions.
State Capitalism cannot survive if it copies all the capitalist methods and
will loose its welfare face. BSNL Board
Room cannot be allowed to escape from its responsibility by showing Govt/DOT
for its mismanagement/ actions and decisions.
Sometimes, the Board authorities have shown some inclination to act like
TUs and using TUs to save their skin.
It amounts to dishonesty on their part. No authority was fixed for this sordid state
of affairs both in BSNL and DOT.
7. Govt is Govt and Today's Govt is claiming to govern less ( not
intervening for the welfare of the needy) and tries to fit itself for corporates. One cannot expect that Govt
should act or support in the same way
for its company entity as doing for its
departmental entity.
8. There are specific guidelines issued by BJP Govt
for restructuring/ Revival / closure of loss making PSUs. BRPSE was closed. Respective Ministry is
entrusted to do the Job. No ministry can go beyond the said instructions. They
conduct the affair in their own bureaucratic style. Lot of agencies are doing
overwork and giving various recommendations to Govt in this regard. Some of their findings were given in my “Note on loss making PSUs”
9. Fighting is good but learning in our own way from many sources with good discussion and placing them
transparently to the all concerned and fighting is better.
31-3-19