02.03/2015 … Maharashtra gomantak party who has a coalition with the state Bharatiya Janata party on Monday announced its candidates for the upcoming zp polls which would be contest on party lines in the state

Mgp party has got a total of nine zp constituencies such as st cruz, chimbel, in north goa while in south mgp has got zp constituencies such as usgao, betki khandola, curit khandepar, veling priol, kavlem, barcem and sancoale …

Pwd minister sudhin dhavlikar said that the combine bjp-mgp-gvp-independent would surely get maximum number of seats in the upcoming zp polls

It may be noted that the first ZP elections on party lines, for 50 constituencies will be held on March 18 and Filing of nominations for the same had started from February 28, with last date being March 7.

On Monday the bjp women candidate from corlim zp constituency subhada kundaikar filed her nomination form for the zp elections at the deputy collector office in panjim …

Panaji, March 1st, 2015 …  Food Processing Cell of the National Mission on Food Processing involves activities such as New Expansion and Modernization of Food Industries, Cold Chain, Reeder Vehicles, Meat Shops,  Creation of Infrastructure facilities for  Institutions having Food Processing courses,  EDP Programmes, Seminars, Workshops, Exhibitions,  Study tours, Surveys etc.

            The Eligible Organizations including Individuals, Proprietary Units, Companies,  Co-operative Societies, NGOs, SHGs, educational Institutes. May Contact  for more details to Mission Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce, Udyog Bhavan, Panaji. Tel. No.(0832) 2222241, 2420787. E-mail: di**********@*ic.in  www.goaditc.gov.in

Panaji: February 28,2015 .. The meeting of the Goa State Consumer Protection Council was held under the chairmanship of the Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Shri Dayanand Mandrekar in the Secretariat yesterday. Smt. Deepali Naik, Director of Civil Supplies coordinated the meeting.

The meeting deliberated on various issues pertaining to welfare and development of the general   public. The issues were with regards to health, education, transport, water, electricity, transport, road safety etc.

The Minister Shri  Mandrekar  suggested that the  meetings of the  Consumer Pretection Council should be held every six months .He said it is important that all concerned heads of the Departments attend these important meetings which are held to review the matters related to the public welfare and development.  He said the problems or the issues in regards to the welfare of the public needs to be resolve without delay, he added.

Shri Faizi O Hashmi Secy. Cilvil Supplies, Shri Swapnil Naik Addl. Collector North, Shri Arvind Bugde Director of Information and Publicity, Shri Meena Naik Goltekar Director of Social Welfare, Shri S.T. Nadkarni Principal Chief Engineer WRD, Shri Roland Martins Coordinator of Goa can. Shri Gangaram Morajkar President of Goa State SC Federation,  Smt. Juliana Gurjao Culaco Asst. Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, Smt. Member of Goa State Consumer Commission and others attended the meeting.

Panaji, February 27, 2015 … The Advisory Committee constituted under PNDT Act for South Goa District has stressed the need  to initiate stringent  action against  those clinics which are constantly violating PCPNDT rules by not submitting Form F to the appropriate authorities.

          The Advisory Committee which met under  the Chairmanship of Dr Sachin Shinde, IAS, Collector for South Goa at a meeting held in his Chamber at Panaji recently observed that even after issuing  show cause notices to the clinics for failing to submit Form F there is  no positive response from some clinics and therefore felt the need to suspend licences of such clinics.

 The meeting discussed on various issues related to the implementation of PNDT Act which includes organization of awareness camp about the activities of  PC-PNDT Act through the NGO’s on March 8,  2015 to commemorate the “International Women’s Day” after  identifying the NGO’s at various Outpost, Headquarters,  and Talukas in South Goa District.

 The meeting also discussed about obtaining the  information from the Chief Officer of all the Municipal Councils and Block Development Officers in South Goa District regarding the number of Birth Certificate issued from June 2014 to November 2014 and continue to do so on monthly basis.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Dr. A. Siona Gomes, Sr. Radiologist Chairperson,Dr. Ira Almeida, Sr. Pediatrician Vice-Chairperson, Dr. Minaxi Panandikar, Sr. Gynecologist Member Secretary and Shri. Carmo L. Dias, Asst. Information & Publicity  Dept.

February 26, 2015 … Chief Minister Shri Laximikant Parsekar  launched new fisheries training vessel “Ocean Queen” at  Captain of Ports”  jetty Panaji.

Minister for Fisheries Shri Avertano Furtado , MLA Shri Siddarth Kunkolienkar, Secretary of Fisheries Shri Amjat Tak, Director of Fisheries Smt. Shamila Monteiro, Captain of Ports, Capt. James Braganza,  Superintendent of Fisheries, Smt. Megha Kerkar  and others were present.

Marine Fisheries sector plays a very important role for the State of Goa. Fishing in the seas is becoming increasingly unpredictable and risky, so it was felt necessary to training  the fishermen to be equipped with knowledge of operating GPS, fish finder, life saving equipment and various fishing techniques.  The fisher youth  will be train in seamanship and navigation, different life saving equipment on board. The vessel launched is trawler cum purse-seiner. The total cost of the project is 118 lakhs which come under the RKVY scheme. The Fisheries department has a target to train 200 fishermen per year. The boat has been built by Shri Raymond of  Desa Engineering works at a cost of Rs. 90,69,000/-.

February 25, 2015 … The silver Jubilee Celebrations Committee of Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola, Marcela in association with Syngenta India Ltd is organizing a one Day State Level Workshop titled “Swatchh Bharat- Nitall Goem: Mission Inspired by Patriotism” on February 27, 2015 from 9:30 am.

Honorable Governor of Goa, Smt Mridula Sinha has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and to deliver the key note address. Shri Bhaskar Nayak, Director of Higher Education, will be the Guest of Honour while Shri Martin Ghosh, Site Manager of Syngenta India Ltd, will be the special invitee for the inaugural session of the workshop.

As a part of this workshop, a short film/ Audio Visual Presentation competition on the topic “Swatchh Bharat – Nitall Goem: How can I make a Difference?” is organized for the N.S.S. Units of Colleges of Goa.

Ms Tallulah D’Silva and Mr. Clinton  Vaz will be the Resource Persons for the workshop. The Valedictory function will be graced by Mr P.S. Jagadeesha, Head of CSR, Syngenta India Ltd. And Mr. Pradeep Morajkar, N.S.S. Coordinator, Goa University.

 Panaji: February  24,2015 … Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar  inaugurated newly constructed  Mahadwar  of  Shree Mauli Mahadev  Devasthan at a function held at Mencurem,  Bicholim yesterday.

Shri Naresh Sawal MLA Bicholim, Shri Ramesh Naik Leader of Shiv Sena Members of Devasthan Committee  other senior citizens attended the function.

Shri Suhas Naik resident of Mencurem a Social worker, businessman   has  constructed the  Mahadwar  in memory of his mother Smt Ansuyabai Baburao Naik,  at a cost of 14 lakh. Shri Keshav Zila Naik President of the Devasthan Committee ceremoniously received the letter of donation   from Suhas Naik.

Panaji: February 23, 2015  …. The Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Shri Rajendra Arlekar today administered the oath of Office to the newly elected member of Legislative Assembly from Panaji constituency Shri Siddharth Kuncolienkar at a simple ceremony held at Assembly Complex today.

Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar was present on the dias.

Besides Chief Minister, the swearing in ceremony was attended by Shri Anant Shet, Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Smt. Alina Saldanha, Forest Minister, Shri Avertano Furtado, Minister for Fisheries, MLA Shri Glen Ticlo JVA e souza, Shri Rajan Naik, Shri Jose Luis Carlos Almeida, and others and Councilors of City Corporation Panaji.

22/02/2015 …. The PNDT Advisory Committee discussed  about the  setting up of Ultra Sound, X-ray, C.T. Scan, new registrations,  renewal of licenses and other related issues at the meeting  held recently under the chairmanship of  Shri Swapnil Naik,  Additional Collector in his chamber at the  Collectorate, North Goa,  Panaji.

 The matters pertaining to JEC activities, approval of minutes of the last meeting and   other related  matter  were discussed at the meeting.

 The meeting was attended by  Dr. Shirley Rebeiro, Chairperson of Advisory  Committee, Smt. Nita Marathe, APP, Shri Shashikant Khanolkar, and Smt. Vasundhara Desai,  members.