New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The government is planning to clear the liabilities of debt-laden telecom companies MTNL and BSNL through an asset monetisation plan worth Rs 9,000 crore in the next financial year (2027-28), according to sources.

The government has "more than enough cushion" to meet the liabilities of telecom and postal public sector undertakings (PSUs), estimated at nearly Rs 50,000 crore, including sovereign guarantee bonds worth around Rs 30,000 crore.

Additionally, sources said the government has lined up an annual asset monetisation pipeline of Rs 4,000-5,000 crore to meet these obligations, while describing the earlier state of property records as "a huge mess", with the Department of Posts (DoP), Department of Telecommunicat...