Panaji: Sept. 1, 2016 …. Maintaining that the State Government is committed to provide better health facilities to the people of Goa, the Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant  Parsekar said and added that an amount of Rs. 4500 crores will be spent to construct Superspeciality hospitals in the State. The Government, he said has already initiated efforts to ensure that the benefit of health care facilities are availed by rural populace on par with urban population.

The Chief Minister was speaking after launching the unique Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY), a scheme to provide universal Health cover through Insurance for the entire resident population of Goa in the distinguished presence of Dy. Chief Minister Shri Francis D’ Souza, MLA and Chairman EDC, Shri Siddharth Kuncolienkar, Shri Sudhir Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Health, Dr. Shekhar Salkar, Dr. Sanjiv  Dalvi, Director Health Services, Dr. Pradeep Naik, Dean GMC at function held at Institute Menezes Braganza hall, Panaji, today.

The Chief Minister said DDSSY would cover entire resident population of the State, residing Goa for five years and more. He said benefits under this Scheme are provided on a cashless basis to the beneficiaries upto the limit of their annual coverage i.e. cover upto Rs. 2.5 lakhs per annum for a family of three or less members. Cover upto Rs. 4 lakhs for a family of four and more members. The Insurance benefits can be availed individually or collectively by members of the family besides these, facilities will be available at the doorsteps in rural areas with the nearest private hospital and people may not travel long distances. The Specialized services not available in Government hospital can be availed from private hospital wherever available in Goa or outside the State, he added.

The Chief Minister who presented consent letters to 19 private hospitals empanelled under scheme on the occasion for the welfare of the people of the State and said that this was the endeavour of Government and the launching of DDSSY is decisive step in this direction. Government, he said is spending 100 crores in health sector for providing health infrastructure so that the benefit are derived by the people of Goa. Efforts, he said will be made to see that Goa emerges as a medical hub in the Country.

Dy. Chief Minister Shri Francis D’ Souza in his address said DDSSY was launched on Goa Statehood Day  May 31, 2016  and the benefits of the scheme will be made available to the population of Goa from the September 1, 2016. He said if there are discrepancies in scheme will be modified to make it effectively operative.

The Dy. Chief Minister said the notion of the people is that the private hospitals are providing better treatment facilities as against the Government run hospitals. In this context he said this scheme will give scope for competition as the DDSSY scheme has been made operational by empanelling 19 private hospitals in the State.

The Dy. Chief Minister said the Government has deposited an amount of 14 crores with the Insurance Company for the implementation of the scheme.

Earlier Shri Sudhir Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Health welcomed. Dr. Vandana Dhume compere the function.

Panaji: September 4, 2017 …. Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Shri Pramod Sawant administered the Oath of Office to the newly elected members of the Goa Legislative Assembly Shri Manohar Parrikar and Shri Vishwajeet Rane in his Chamber at Assembly Complex, Porvorim today.

 It may be noted that the bye elections to the Panaji and Valpoi Assembly Constituencies was held on August 23, 2017 following the resignations of Shri Siddharth Cuncolienkar for Panaji constituency and Shri Vishwajeet Rane for Valpoi Constituency.

 Minister of State for Aayush (Independent charge) Shri Sripad Naik, Revenue Minister, Shri Rohan Khaunte, Panchayat Minister Shri Mauvin Godinho, Leader of Opposition Shri Chandrakant Kavlekar and MLA’s Shri Dayanand Sopte, Rajesh Patnekar, Smt. Alina Saldanha, Praveen Zantye, Prasad Gaonkar and Shri Siddharth Cuncolienkar former MLA were present on the occasion.

Panaji: September 7, 2017 …  “The problem of garbage is not of one person alone or of the government. It is the problem of all Goans,” said Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar. He was speaking at the launch of the ‘Services of Regular Cleaning of Road Stretch from Miramar circle to Dona Paula circle’ under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of CAM Industrial Services LLP at Miramar today. 

Adding further, the Chief Minister said that the cooperation of citizens in keeping the surroundings clean was necessary. He lauded the corporate initiative of including cleaning of roads as part of the CSR activities and said that such models can be carried out on other roads as well.

Chairperson of Economic Development Corporation (EDC), Shri Sidharth Kuncalienker who was present on the occasion stressed on the significance of the Miramar-Dona Paula road calling it a key link road of the city which had a very good view of the sea. “It is a place frequented by those who go on walks and jogs. There are schools and institutions located here as well. He further appealed to the people to make a cleanliness a habit.

The Managing Director, CAM Industrial Services, LLP, Shri Caitano J Fernandes thanked the authorities for giving them the opportunity to contribute to the city.

Present on the occasion was mayor of Panaji, Shri Surendra Furtado, Commissioner of Corporation of City of Panjim (CCP), Shri Dipak Dessai, CCP corporators, Director, CAM, Jagdish S Rane and others.

Panaji: Aug. 23,2016 … The Governor of Goa Dr. (Smt) Mridula Sinha  has  exhorted the youth to work to imbibe in our youth the culture of cleanliness. The Swacch Bharat Campaign which was launched couple of years ago requires participation of every citizen to make it a reality and further appealed to shoulder this noble task.

Smt. Sinha stated this while delivering  keynote address at the function organized to sensitize the students and faculty of The Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition about Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, and release of second edition of Hindi magazine  ‘AAROH’ at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition at Alto Porvorim yesterday.

Smt Sinha further said that cleanliness should be the part of our life rituals  and we should enjoy doing it like we do other things in our life. Cleanliness she said is important for healthy living,  therefore one should not litter and should not allow others to litter garbage.

Thereafter Smt. Sinha administered the  oath of cleanliness

Smt. Lisa Norton E Dias HOD II, Shri Suryakant Parastekar, Administrative Officer, Staff and Students of IHM   attended the function.         

Smt. Donna D’Souza, Principal welcomed the guests. Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh, Lecturer organized and compered the function. While Shri Sanjeev Kadkade, HOD I proposed the vote of thanks.