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The workers are very much agitated that the grave situation continues. Unless immediate action is taken to change this downward trend, in a short while BSNL may become almost irrelevant, especially due to fierce competition. 
In addition, the following issues which are vitally connected with the financial liability and growth of BSNL also require immediate action on the part of BSNL management. 
2.	Access Deficit Charge (ADC) 
The TRAI has reiterated its decision a few days back that ADC being collected from private telcos and paid to BSNL for providing telephones in rural Ivillage areas which are not profitable, will be completely stopped from April 2008 . .It seems that BSNL management has utterly failed in convincing the TRAI to continue this fully justified ADC payment to BSNL. 
3.	USO FUND
The Universal Service Obligation Fund was collected from all telecom operators, both PSU and private, and paid only to BSNUMTNL till last year for providing connections in local areas NPT. There was an amount of about Rs.13,OOO crotes in the USaF at that time, but BSNL could only get a meager portion probably it could not make fully justified claims. Since last year, after the Indian Telegraph Act has been amended and mobile services also made eligible for usa Fund, the private companies are grabbing the major portion and BSNL starved. We do not know what action is being done by BSNL management to ensure that BSNL get at least a major portion of the USaF? 
4.	Reimbursement of License fee 
We are made to understand that the reimbursement of License fee has also been stopped. The TRAI in a Press Statement has stated that already more than Rs. 32,000 crores has been made available to BSNL through ADC, License Fee etc. and there is no justification to continue the same. We do not know what BSNL management has done in this respect. We feed it neces.sary that the management should take the Unions into confidence when such drastic decisions are taken against BSNL so that all efforts can made to get the due rights of BSNL. 
5.	Broad Band Connections. 
While there is a large demand for BSNL Broad Band Connections, BSNL is unable to meet the demand and provide connections. Consequently, the private operators are able to capture this market also. 
6.	lack of aggressive marketing. 
It is only natural that the BSNL which had a background of government functioning had no experience in the marketing area. But it is more than 7 years since BSNL was formed and it had to face stiff competition. Yet our marketing line is very weak and lack aggressiveness and clear vision. 
We have already brought to your notice about the loss of 1 lakh connection of Railtel, which Airtel has captured through tender. While all private telcos are harvesting crores of rupees through either sponsoring realty, music, dance shows in the TV channels, BSNL is far behind. Door to door canvassing for providing of phones, which we had suggested, is yet to be decided by management. 
Management experts in marketing have to be involved so that BSNL is able to recapture the markets already lost and not to lose any more. 
As a fully owned central government PSU, BSNL should approach the central and state governments as also central and state PSUs to finalize MOUs with them for providing