Panaji: Sept. 1, 2016 …. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant  Parsekar has said that the role of the Physical Education teacher is very important as he strives to inculcate different social values like sense of sportsmanship, team spirit, unity, togetherness etc. He acts as a guide and mentor, of the students and to encourage and motivate children to be active in life, he added.

 Shri Parsekar was speaking after inaugurating state Seminar for Physical Education Teachers for Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools on “Role of Stakeholders for promotion of sports and games organized by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs in collaboration with all Goa Higher Secondary Schools Physical Education teachers Associations (PETA) at Institute Menezes Braganza hall, Panaji, today.

 Shri Parsekar said that Government has given more thrust for strengthening adequate infrastructure for schools in the state. He said, compared to other schools in the country the infrastructure provided to schools in Goa is far better. He said, the physical education teacher shoulders unique responsibilities in the school physical activity programms to ensure that students remain physically active.

Shri Siddharth Kuncokienkar, MLA and Chairman of EDC speaking on the occasion appealed to the teaching community to promote yoga in schools for the wellbeing of younger generation. He Shri Kuncokienkar referred to the proposed Panaji smart city and said initiatives will developing  jogging track, walking parks will be taken to the benefit the public..

Chief Minister felicitated to Shri Ankush Prabhu, Physical Education teacher of VVS Lad High School Physical Education teacher and Shri Vinod Dhamaskar, Physical Education teacher of R. M. Higher Secondary School, Margao by presenting mementos, shawl and sriphal on the occasion.

Shri V. M Prabhudesai, Director of Sports welcomed the guests. Shri S.A Haldankar Asst. Director proposed the vote of thanks.  

Panaji: August 23, 2016 ….. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar released the book tittled “50 Years of Panchayati Raj in Goa: Retrospect and Prospects” at function held at Goa University recently.

Prof. Varun Sahni, Vice Chancellor of Goa University
presided over the function.

Addressing the students and faculties the Chief Minister said each village has its own set of issues, which only the locals can understand. Members of a, Panchayat are more seized with the problems of the villagers, thus they are more capable of taking appropriate decisions in the interest of the people of their village.

Speaking further Chief Minister said the book has been published by doing detailed study incorporating all 17 papers depicting the functioning of Panchayati Raj in the state. He said Political Science students should study such issues to bring detail information about such subject and enlighten to society.

Adv. Amrut Kansar gave the key note address. Earlier Dr. Rahul Tripathi, Head of Political Department welcomed the guests. Dr. Alaknanda Shringare spoke about the contents of the book.

Dr. Prakash Desai briefed about the activities carried out by the
“Loksamvaad”.

Miss. Pradnya Desai compered while Ms. Shilpa Singh proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji : September 2, 2016 …… In order to effectively implement Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the villages, the Governor of Goa Dr. (Smt.) Mridula Sinha, who is also the brand ambassador for this national programme has announced Rs. 50,000/- each to two cleanest villages, one in South Goa and another in North Goa, by September 2017.

The rewards will be presented to the concerned Village Panchayats on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2017, at Raj Bhavan. In this connection the Chief Secretary has been requested to send a communication to all the Village Panchayats so that they can rejuvenate their activities.

The Chief Secretary has also been requested to form two Committees, preferably under the Chairmanships of the two District Collectors to survey and recommend the names of two cleanest villages qualifying for the awards by September 15, 2017.

Earlier, the Governor had announced Rs. 1.00 lakh to the cleanest city among Panaji, Mapusa, Ponda, Margao and Vasco. The award will be presented to the concerned Municipal body on December 19, on  Goa Liberation Day at the At-Home Reception at Raj Bhavan.

Madgao: 11/10/2017 …. Iran booked their place in the Round of 16 at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 with a convincing 4-0 victory over Germany in Goa on Tuesday evening.

The Group C match-up belonged to Team Melli, who dominated a German side that looked out of sorts during the opening 45 minutes. Younes Delfi opened the scoring for Iran on six minutes before striking the crossbar with an audacious free-kick effort on 15 minutes.

If it was not for Germany goalkeeper Luca Plogmann making several important saves, Iran may have been out of sight before half-time at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, as Delfi and Allayahr Sayyad caused the European side numerous problems.

The Iranians would not be denied a second goal, and it was Delfi that converted a free-kick in the Germany six-yard box for a deserved two-goal lead on 42 minutes.

Any hopes that Germany had of a comeback were ended four minutes after the break, as Sayyad’s diving header to Delfi’s excellent cross put the Asian outfit three goals to the good. Substitute Vahid Namdari then finished off a fine counter-attacking move with a quarter of an hour remaining to complete an emphatic result for Iran.

Courtesy:FIFA.com

Panaji: Sept. 5,2017 … The Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar along with Power Minister Shri Pandurang Madkaikar inaugurated GED Connect Android Mobile App for electricity consumers at Secretariat yesterday.

This App has been developed by REC PDCL and their technological partner TATA Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. The key features  of this App are access bill details, payment consumption history from mobile device.  Tracking of complaints notification registered at call center. On registration of mobile notification through SMS for the planned shutdown and services.   

The Chief Minister speaking on the occasion  said that this is a step towards the fulfillment of the goal of digital India. Through this App he said power consumers  can make   payment of their bills online. Not only this, it will also make easy to know the history of the bill  right from consumption of power, earlier payment, due payment if any etc.

Shri Sanjay Goel Secretary for Power, Shri Nilkanth Reddy, Chief Electrical Engineer,  Shri Salil   Kumar Addl. CEO RECPDCL, Shri Amit Garg, HAD BD Tata Powers Delhi Distribution Ltd.Officials of Electricity Department were amongst those who attended the function.