Panaji, april 2, 2015 …. Highlighting the importance of sensitizing students on issues  concerning  sanitation and cleanliness   in the State  Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has called for involvement of Health Institutions, NGOs, Rural and Urban Local Self Government Bodies, Self Help Groups, Youth Organizations and Residents in cleanliness and awareness drives.

Addressing the State level programme on National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness at the Secretariat, Porvorim recently the Chief Minister said  efforts are needed  to sensitize  everyone on the issue of Sanitation and Cleanliness so as to achieve  the objective  of Swachh Bharat Mission by 2017.

The Chief Minister informed that  Goa has provided toilets to 72 persons households. However, slums he said pause a challenge  and that a solution can be found if all work  collectively. He also expressed concern that  at various places  sewage  is discharged into open nullahs.

Minister for PWD Shri Ramkrishna Dhavalikar who also attended the function  in his address stress the need to take  the Swachh Bharat Mission among  the people  so as to make  the country prosperous  in all spheres.  This he said can be accomplished through village level and by making  everyone educated. Cleanliness should begin at home he asserted. He called  for judicious  use of water and added saying that  Goa is one of the best State to provide  metered water  to the consumers.

Earlier, Shri Parimal Rai, IAS, Principal Secretary(PWD) welcomed. Shri D.J.S. Borker, Principal Chief Engineer, PWD later proposed vote of thanks.

01/04/2015 … Stating that beef was the staple food of goan cuisine Calangute mla Michael lobo has blamed certain fanatics groups from the state who were trying to create communal divide by asking for a total ban on slaughtering in the country …

Speaking to goanreporter mr lobo said that there was a need for the central union home minister to think about the minorities while taking a decision on a total ban on slaughtering as ban on slaughtering of cows was accepted but not on bulls and bullocks

Lobo stated that beef was a cuisine which people from minority communities do eat and banning such things would create a further communal divide in india

Commenting over the Supreme Court order on rda minister micky Pacheco lobo said that he felt sorry for his colleague and hoped that supreme court accepts his review petition and would give some relief for him …

31/03/2015 …. The Corporation of the City of Panaji has passed its budget for the year 2015-16, proposing an increase in rates for various sectors inside its municipality jurisdiction

In its special budget meet held on Monday ccp Commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues presented the ccp budget with a revenue income of 34.66 crore.

In 2015-16, CCP expects to create 12 crore just through house tax along with source of revenue coming from construction licences .

In order to rake in more revenue, CCP has hiked the sanitation and garbage collection fees for casinos, exhibitions, hotels, slaughter houses, vehicle showrooms, bars, shops at Caculo mall, and branded showrooms.

Since there was no opposition, the budget was passed without any objections, though some councillors pleaded that pending works be taken up on a war footing, especially the municipal market issue.

Panaji: March 31, 2015 …. Additional District Magistrate -I (North Goa) Mr. Swapnil M. Naik who presided over the meeting of Advisory Committee of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PC-PNDT) has reiterated that conceptualising of software installation in every ultrasound machine will obtain record of the entire clinics / Hospitals automatically at the PC-PNDT control room at North Goa Collectorate, Panjim.

 Mr. Swapnil said that the ultrasound machine and other machines of the clinics & Hospitals will be monitored around the clock from the office of the Collectorate, North Goa at PC-PNDT Control room to ensure in tracking the record of ultrasound report carried out on number of female gender at clinic /Hospital. He also said that random checks at the clinics will be carried out physically to track the actual report of the female gender attended by the clinic /Hospital by verification of the backup record.   

 Mr. Naik re-acted to show cause notices issued to some clinic/ Hospital which violated  the terms and condition of the PC-PNDT Act and therefore impressed upon the Committee of the PC-PNDT that machines of such defaulters need to be  confiscate or  sealed.

 Additional Collector I urged the parents to avoid genetic to instill good values in celebration of girl child in each village.

 The meeting also deliberated on the strategy with the health officers to take effective step to curb the wrong use of the clinic/ Hospital and also to take stern action on those not responding to the show cause notices. Health officers were also impressed upon to monitor violations of PC-PNDT Act.

 Dr. Mahendra Ghanekar, Assistant Public Prosecutor- Neeta Marathe, Shashikant Khandolkar and Vasundhara Desai- NGO Members, Carmo Dias-Information & Publicity attended the meeting.

Panaji: March 31, 2015 …. The Modalities for harvesting of paddy using paddy combine harvesters during the ensuing Rabi 2015 season have been changed.

 During the last few years, the farmers were given custom service subsidy for hiring paddy harvesting combines @ 50% of hire charges.

 Government has subsidized 17 paddy harvesting combines to the extent of Rs.17.5 lakhs per machine to be operated by Farmers co-operative societies/clubs.  Now that Government of Goa has enough subsidized machines to cater to the needs of Rabi farmers, it has been decided to withdraw the subsidy of custom service to individual farmers.

 The farmers co-operative (service providers) are expected to hire out these subsidized machines to the farmers of Goa at concessional rates.

 The farmers will be free to hire the harvesting machine as per their choice from the service providers of their service areas, so as to encourage healthy competition.  Henceforth the farmers receiving the service of harvesting machine shall pay full hire charges.

Government has also decided to increase the paddy support price from Rs.17 per kg to Rs.19 per kg in lieu of withdrawal of custom services subsidy towards hiring of paddy harvesting combines.

 List of service providers who have registered their machines with the Directorate of Agriculture for harvesting paddy of Rabi 2015 for North Goa District: Goa Krishi Bazar-Mapusa; Pedne Taluka Farmers Service Co-operative Society Ltd.- Pedne; Vodlembhatt Progressive Farmers Group-Taligao; Adarsh Shetkari Sangh-Aldona and Mayem Gram Vikas Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd.-Mayem Bicholim, Goa. 

South Goa District: Curtorim Service Co-operative Society-Curtorim Salcete, Goa; Original Raia Farmers Association-Manora Raia Salcete; Original Goans Schedule Tribes Association-Ilha De Rachol Salcete; Salcete Modern Farmers Association-Batora Curtorim Salcete; Nevis Xetkari Sanghatana-Sonarwado Raia Salcete; Fatorda Xetkarachi Saunstha-Chandrawado Fatorda; Verna Xetkari Sanghatana-Verna Salcete; Raia Xetkar Sanghatana-Raia Margao Salcete; Nuvem Sal Krishi Saunstha-Nuvem Salcete; Varcca/Orlim Villagers Farmers Society-Gunnawado Vaca Salcete; Churchill Charitable Trust- Varca Salcete and Micky Pacheco Charitable Trust- Betalbatim Salcete, Goa.

Panaji: March 30, 2015 …. The Election of India Commission has noted that there are many cases where candidates with same or similar names contest from the same constituency.  Although appropriate suffixes are added to the names of candidates in the event of two or more candidates having same name, the Commission considers that additional measures are required for removing confusion in the minds of electors at the time of voting.

 Having considered all aspects of the matter, the Commission in partial modification of its existing directions under Rule 22, 30 and Rule 49 B of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, has specified that for elections to be held from May 1, 2015 onwards, the postal ballot papers, the ordinary ballot papers and the ballot papers to be displayed on the balloting unit of EVM in addition to the particulars as per the existing directions, also contain the photograph of the candidate. 

The photograph of the candidate should be printed in the panel for the name of the candidate and to appear on the right side of the name in between the name and symbol of the candidate.  The size of the photograph printed on the ballot paper shall be 2 cm. X 2.5 cm. (two cm. in breadth and 2.5 cm. in height).

 The above direction for printing of photograph of candidate on the ballot paper will also apply in relation to elections by Assembly members and elections from Council constituencies.  In respect of the said elections, the directions are in exercise of powers under Rule 30 as made applicable to these elections by Rule 70 of the said Rules.

30/03/2015 ….. The state nationalist congress party has condemned the central union home minister rajnath singh comments stating that the NDA government would try its level best to bring in a country- wide ban on slaughter of cows by evolving a consensus

Addressing media person’s spokesperson of the nationalist congress party trojano dmello said that the comment made by the union home minister was needed to be condemned as it was never approved by the people of the country and with such decision even the state bjp led government was fooling the people of goa on the issue of ban on beef

Meanwhile commenting over the recent announced bjp led government budget ncp senior vice president jose Philip dsoua said that the budget had nothing for the poor down trodden and was a total failure on the part of the state government

Panaji: March 30, 2015 … The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar will be the Chief Guest for the State Level Awareness Campaign Programme on March 30, 2015 at 3.00 pm which will be held at Seminar Hall, Secretariat, Porvorim.

Minister for PWD Shri Sudin Dhavlikar will be the Guest of Honour. During the awareness campaign, various Information, Education and Communication activities will be conducted.

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India has launched National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Campaign in the Country.   

Panaji: March 29,2015 …  The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikat Parsekar has said that the Government has decided to set up Electronic City at Tuyem Pernem and IT Park at Chimbel Tiswadi and therefore has acquired 6 lakh Sq.mtrs and 2 lakh Sq.mtrs lands  at aforesaid places.

Shri Parsekar was speaking at the laptop distribution function that was held at Harmal today. The function was organized by the Directorate of Education.

Shri Parsekar speaking further said that students about 18000 all over the state will avail this facility for which his Govenment has invested Rs. 36 Crores. It is not mere investment towards the purchase of laptop but it is future investment to bring up our future IITians.  He suggested the students about the proper use of this facility to upgrade and enhance their knowledgeto emerge our future IITians.

 MLA and Chairman of Goa Info-Tech Corporation Ltd. while speaking said the motive behind providing the equipment of laptop for the student to enable  them to compete in the era of information and technology. The laptops which are provided are of good quality superfast display upgraded with latest technology and are downloaded with various applications to cater to their need. . He advised the students not to undermine the very objective of the Government behind Students Cyber Age Scheme and stressed on proper use of laptop to enhance their knowledge and avoid misuse of the same.

Shri Gajanan Bhat Director of Education spoke on the initiative of Government pertaining to various schemes of  the department. He also advised the student to make proper use of the device to enhance their knowledge.

Shri Arvind Bankar ZP Member, Shri Nilesh Amonkar Member Member Partner Apex Computers, Shri Sunny Verghese ITG Executive Officials of Education Department and Goa Info-Tech Corporation and others attended the function.  

Mrs. Asha Chari Principal Panchakroshi Higher Secondari Schoo Harmall welcomed the guests.  Miss Rasika Shetgaonkar  compered the function.