Panaji:Nov.  11,2014 …. The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant  Parsekar has called for the need to reach schemes to the doorsteps of the farmers who are engaged in fields of agriculture, horticulture or floriculture. He said if these schemes made available to farmers on time will definitely help to boost agriculture to overcome the problems of shortage of agro products,   vegetables  and flowers as well.

Shri Parsekar was speaking after launching the New venture ‘Supply of Flower Bouquets’ by The Goa State Horticultural Corporation Limited at a function held at their office at Caranzalem   in the city today.

Shri Parsekar further speaking appreciated the move of the Corporation to encourage floriculture and to avail the training of making of flower bouquets to the local Self Help Groups thus providing them   opportunity of self employment. He complemented the staff of the Corporation for their endeavor to launch new venture in the interest of the farmers and people in large.

MLA Thivim and Chairman of The Goa State Horticultural Corporation Limited Shri  Kiran Kandolkar while addressing at the function said the Corporation has initiated steps to encourage horticulture and floriculture in the state. The Corporation is in attempt to support the farmers by way of various   schemes implemented from time to time. This is an endeavor of the corporation to start the venture, supply of flower bouquets  has a objective to provide flowers to Goan people with reasonable  rates.

Shri Kandolkar further  also said that, The Corporation is in attempt to train local Self Help Groups in making flower  bouquets by supplying flowers to them and aims to open flower bouquet outlets in cities in the state. This is the endeavor of the Corporation he said will help to generate self employment. As the Corporation will collect flowers from the farmers who will cultivate the flowers.. the venture, supply of flower bouquets  in long run will help the farmers to avail market for their production leading to boost floriculture in the state  he further asserted. .      

The Members of Board of Directors of the Corporation also attended the function. Managing Director of Goa State Horticultural Corporation Limited Shri Nelson Figueredo   welcomed the guests

November 10, 2014 …. Shri Laximikant Yeshwant Parsekar, Health Minister in the Goa cabinet was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the State at the Raj Bhavan lawns on Saturday.

Governor of Goa Smt. Mridula Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Minister and nine cabinet members. The elevation makes him the  18th Chief Minister of the State after Goa  attained Statehood.

Shri Parrikar , who was Chief Minister, demitted office on saturday, after he was declared Union Defence Minister-designate.

A Cabinet of nine Ministers Shri Francis D’Souza, Shri Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavlikar, Shri Dayanand R. Mandrekar, Shri Ramesh B. Tawadkar, Shri Mahadev N. Naik, Shri Dilip Parulekar, Shri Milind Sagun Naik, Shri Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavlikar and Smt. Alina Saldanha  were  sworn in along with Shri Parsekar, who is representing Mandrem Constituency.

Former Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar, BJP president Shri Vinay Tendulkar, Central Party observers Shri B. S. Yeddurappa,  Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, MLAs, Chairman  of GPSC Shri K Dwarkanath Row,  Director General  of Police Shri T. N. Mohan. Secretaries, Senior Officers were present at the swearing-in.

Earlier Acting Chief Secretary Shri R. K. Srivastava read out the order of appointment of the Chief Minister and the Cabinet Ministers.

A postgraduate in science, Mr Parsekar was first elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly in June 2002  as  Member, Fourth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa. On  June 7, 2007 he was elected member of the  Fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa and on  March 7, 2012 till date ,  Member, Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa.

09/11/2014 ….. Health minister and mandrem mla laxmikhant Parsekar was on Saturday elected as the new leader of the bjp party legislature wing who would succeed former chief minister Manohar parrikar as the next successor

The decision of the party was announced by the central observer rajiv pratap rudy after having a one to one meet with the bjp mla’s at the party office in panjim

Though the drama has been going on for the past few days a large crowd of bjp supporters had also gathered down near the party head office in panjim waiting to know anxiously as who would be the next chief minister of the state

Speaking to media reporters mr rudy said that mr Parsekar was unanimously chosen as the next chief minister of goa while mapusa mla francis dsouza would be his deputy …
Under the leadership pf Parsekar there would be eight minister from the bjp camp, two from mgp and one would be from independent

Though most of the current ministers have been confirmed to retain their berths in the cabinet the only berth of an independent mla in the cabinet has been delayed till next week due to some technical reasons

Newly elected bjp party legislature leader laxmikhant Parsekar said thanked the bjp party ahd his party mla’s for electing him on to be the next chief minister of the state

Meanwhile the deputy chief minister advocate Francis dsouza who was also considered to be in the fray for the top cm post in the past few days said that since it was an unanimous decision of the party mla’s he had nothing to say in it

Panaji ; Nov 8, 2014 …. Shri R.K. Srivastava, IAS, Chief Secretary of Goa Principal Secretary (IT) in the presence of Shri Nilesh B. Fal Desai, Director, Department of  Information and Technology inaugurated half day workshop on “Cyber Threats in Digital Space and Securities’’ for the Offices of Government of Goa organised by Information and Technology Department on November 5, 2014 at Secretariat, Porvorim – Goa.

 The session was conducted by Shri Rakshit Tandon a renowed speaker on Cyber Crime who is Director – A and R Info Security Solution Pvt. Ltd., Consultant – Internet and Mobile Association of INDIA, Advisor – Cyber Crime Unit, Uttar Pradesh Police, Agra, Advisor – Cyber Crime Cell, Gurgaon, Haryana Police, President – JAT, Joint Action Team for combating Cyber Crime against Women and Children, Consultant – AIWFA, All India Women’s Education Fund Association, CEO – Tandons Solution Provider, Resource Person – BPRD Bureau for Police Research and Development, Government of India, Visiting Faculty  – Lecture ar DRB.R. Ambedekar Police Academy – Moradabad (U.P.) Haryana Police Academy – Karnal, Police Radio Training School, Indore, CDTC Central Detective  Training School Chandigarh and Ghaziabad.

 The session broadly covered topics like Social Media Threats and Securities, Ecommerce Threats and Securities, Mobile Crimes Threats, Hacking and Securities. Around 60 Officers of various Department of Government of Goa participated in the interactive workshop.            

Panaji; Nov 7, 2014 The Captain of Ports has directed all the Masters/Owners/Agents of ships to inform the vessels calling port of Panaji –Goa to follow below mentioned guidelines as a preventive measure to detect and handle EVD in view of outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa which has the potential to spread through people traveling to other countries by Air or Sea.

Master of the Vessel has to inform ETA 96 Hrs prior arrival Panaji – Goa and last 10 Ports of call.

Also he has to declare ports of call to any EVD affected countries for the last 2 months. Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria are EVD affected countries. Only after issue of Free Pratique by Port Health officer, boarding/disembarking of crew can commence and will be allowed on contact with other Vessel of the Masters.

Screening of all crew on board the vessels arrived from EVD affected countries to be carried out at point of Entry. On detection of EVD, Captain of Ports and Port Health Authorities to be alerted.

State Health Authorities to informed for further assistance and actions. All Owners/Masters/Agents of Ships and Passenger Launches are therefore to confirm to the requirement of this circular with immediate effect.

Goa November 6, 2014: Backed by several new initiatives including easing of visa rules, aggressive marketing initiatives, development of niche tourism products and use of technology coupled with mobile readiness, India is targeting double-digit growth in tourist inflow by end of this financial year itself.

“International tourist inflow to India has been growing at about Six to Seven per cent annually. The foreign tourist arrival in India during 2013 was about Seven Million, with growth of 5.9 per cent as compared to the year 2012. This year till September 2014 there has been growth of 7.6 per cent in foreign tourist arrival” said India’s Union Minister of state for Culture and Tourism Shripad Yesso Naik at the ongoing World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event of Travel and Tourism Trade in London, UK.

“Ministry of Tourism has taken several new initiatives including introducing Visa on arrival for several countries, simplification of procedures for classification /reclassification of hotels and restaurants, improving infrastructure development , identification and improving major tourist circuits, intensification of promotional and marketing strategies to further build brand “Incredible India” and translating of ministry’s promotional website www.incredibleindia.org in various languages including Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Korean, and Japanese languages to further position India as a leading tourist destination.” Minister Naik said.

“The government has been encouraged by the good response to the visa on arrival scheme and plans to extend Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to the 12 countries. Between January and September 2014, 19,290 visas on arrival were issued compared to 13,859 during the same time last year, reflecting an increase of 39.2%. The countries that already have visa on arrival scheme include Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Finland, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Luxembourg.”, the Minister said

“The UK is more than just an important market for India , this market remains our largest overseas source market. Tourists from United Kingdom (UK) accounted for 11.63 % of the global visitors to India Our UK trade partners must know that we are in this market to stay and that we will be working even harder and smarter to grow our market share.” The Minister added.

Apart from Ministry of Tourism about 47 exhibitors from India including states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, MP, Punjab, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Goa, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, UP and Sikkim are showcasing their tourism products in the India Pavilion. Total of 172 Indian companies including ITDC, Indian Rail and IRCTC are participating in the WTM, tourism trade expo.

India is showcasing world’s oldest city Varanasi and the famous Great Stupa of Sanchi of Madhya Pradesh at WTM. The India Pavilion depicts Varanasi’s famous ‘Dev Deepawali’, the festival of billion lights also known as ‘Diwali of the gods’ celebrated on the Fifteen days after Diwali every year on the occasion of Kartik Poornima. The other theme is the famous Budha Monument Sanchi Stupa situated near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh to woo Budhist tourists from various parts of the world.
Besides interacting with the trade and media, Minister Naik will participate in a Ministerial Summit that brings together Tourism Ministers and global industry leaders to explore international best practice. Free Mehndi (Hena Application) and Bangles and Puja are another highlight of India Pavilion.

Panaji; Nov 5, 2014 ….. Government of Goa will present Awards/Certificates of Merit to the best Farmer, best Horticulturist, for Nursing, for care of Orphan and Physically Handicapped, best tree plantation for their commendable services in the respective field.

Rolling Trophy with certificate of Merit for the best run voluntary organization in the field of Social service will also be awarded on the occasion of Goa Liberation Day, 2014 at a function scheduled to be held at Campal Parade Ground, Panaji.

Certificate of Merit and cash award of Rs.10,000/- will be awarded to best Farmer, best Horticulturist and best Tree plantation. So also certificate of Merit and Memento will be awarded for Nursing and for care of orphans and Physically Handicapped.

To enable the selection of such individuals/organizations, it is requested that recommendations, if any, of the Government Department may be submitted to the concerned Secretary of the Department.

The recommendations should be accompanied by a brief citation in respect of the individuals/organizations, incorporating the correct name, address and age etc. and the justification for the award.

The proposal for granting award should be decided at the administrative level by the concerned Secretary of the Department.

The recommendation received from the concerned secretary to Government then be referred to the High Level Committee comprising the Chief Secretary as Chairman, Secretary to the concerned Department and Head of Department as its Member who will recommend the case to the Government after duly screening the details received from the Administrative Secretary.