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To begin with the action plan to implement the first phase of advise, a Project Management Office (PMO) has been proposed to be established for which services of professionally qualified external consultant are proposed to be taken. The timeline for the phase 1 and phase 2 is expected to be 12-18 months and the proposal has been forwarded to DoT for the approval. CWC strongly opposed against induction of strategic Joint Venture (JV) partner who will come to earn more and more revenue from BSNL infrastructure and finally may take over the tower subsidiary company by increasing its share. It will dilute the strength of BSNL and allow fragmentation of BSNL. CWC pleaded that BSNL tower should be monetized by creating its own infra units at all circles/ SSA level i.e. the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) as recommended by the consultant as the Phase-1 to maintain the site perfectly and earn revenue by leasing out and creating new sites. CWC strongly opposed the implementation of the Phase-2 of the recommendations and demanded that to decide the capital structure and organizational structure of the Tower Subsidiary BSNL Management should be the part of Inter-ministerial group. 4 Merger of BSNL & MTNL: In the UPA Government the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) rd recommended to provide Pension to MTNL employees under Rule-37A., after 3 PRC, the pay scales of BSNL & MTNL employees will be made equal which has got approval of Cabinet and orders are issued. It is also proposed that as per synergy and PAN INDIA presence to review both the PSUs, EGoM has also suggested merger of BSNL & MTNL. EGoM’s recommendations are yet to be send to Cabinet for approval. Meanwhile some study groups were formed in DoT to examine the issues related to financial matters, technical matters and HR issues. We have given our views on this issue that before the merger of BSNL and MTNL these issues needs settlement to avoid complications. CWC opined that as synergy point of view the merger of BSNL & MTNL is good but the issues related to financial matters, technical matters and HR issues needs pre settlement to avoid future problems like Air India and Indian Air Lines merger. th Conclusion: The CWC also had an open session on 25 August 2015 Shri Anupam Shrivastava CMD BSNL. The details are given elsewhere in the journal. Shri Prahlad Rai GS, AIBSNLEA presented his key note address highlighting the issues of concern and expectations of the members Shri Prasun Kumar Mukhopadhyay CS AIBSNLEA KTD Circle extended vote of thanks. TELEWAVE Page-70 AUGUST-2015