05/09/2014 …. GoaUniversity has proudly announced the second visit of Smt. Shubha Mudgal, (Padmashree Awardee  and  well known Indian singer of Hindustani classical music, khayal, thumri, dadra and popular Indian pop music) to the state of Goa, in her capacity as Visiting Research Professor, Nana Shirgaokar Chair in Indian Classical Music at GoaUniversity.  

During this visit Shubha ji would be conducting a Course entitled, ”Improvisation in Khayal, Thumri & Allied Forms of Music”. Blessed with a remarkable ability to reach out to a mixed bag of participants, Shubha ji would be taking them with her on a fascinating journey of discovery of the variety and rich foundations that go into the making of India’s contemporary music tradition.

This highly innovative Course is offered by the University with no Registration or Course fees and is open to all music lovers.  It would be covered through lectures supported by audio and video references and interactive sessions culminating in a presentation by the participants. 

Significantly, the Course is designed such that no prior knowledge of classical music is envisaged. The Course is scheduled in the evenings from 08 – 17 September 2014 at the Multipurpose Hall, Sanskriti Bhavan (Central Library), Patto, Panaji, for which Registrations are open on www.unigoa.ac.in/vrpp by clicking on the Course title that appears on the page.

Further details are also available through this website link. The Course Coordinator Prof. Usha Muraleedharan (us**@*******ac.in ; Ph: 6519356) or the Chief VRPP Coordinator Shri Ramrao Wagh (ra****@*******ac.in) may be also be contacted if required.

Ramrao Wagh, Chief VRPP Coordinator, GOA UNIVERSITY   

September 5, 2014 …. The Deputy Chief  Minister and acting Chief Minster Shri Francis de Souza has expressed deep grief on the death of former Governor  of  Goa Shri Mohammed Fazal. In November1999, he was appointed the Governor  of Goa, a post he held until he was appointed as Governor of Maharashtra in October 2002.

           In a condolence message, the Deputy Chief Minister recalled his contribution to the public life and prayed that almighty rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage and strength to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss with fortitude.

Panaji, September 5, 2014 …. Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has greeted the teachers on the occasion of the 53^rd  Teacher’s Day. In his message, he says I have great pleasure, in extending my warm and very sincere greetings to the teaching community of Goa.

          September 5^th  is the birthday of late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, our former  President, who was a highly learned and distinguished  teacher, besides being a renowned educationist  and philosopher.

          Since, time immemorial,  the teacher has been revered as a role  model who  shapes the lives of young and budding students, and gives them the light of  knowledge and ignites their minds. A good teacher, can only, give and give. On  this day all our teacher’s should strive to achieve  the best out of their students and  Society.

          While celebrating Teacher’s  Day, we respectfully  pay homage  to him and recall the monumental role played  by teachers as builders of the Nation.

          On this occasion, I appeal to the teaching community of Goa, to draw inspiration from Dr. S. Radhkrishnan and discharge  their duties with renewed  sense of dedication and commitment. I extend my greetings and felicitations to  all the teachers of the State of Goa and wish  them all success.

Panaji, September 4, 2014 … The  Department  of Animal Husbandry  and Veterinary Services is  implementing the Government of India Scheme “Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme (FMD-CP) Sixth Round” under Livestock Health and  Disease Control which will be conducted in phases at six monthly intervals.

          In this connection, the programme  will commence from  October  7, 2014 wherein all efforts  are being  made to vaccinate  all the cattle and buffalo  population and sera samples  will be collected from selected villages, pre and post vaccination to ascertain the immune status of the herd.

          The dairy farmers are requested to extend their full hearted cooperation to the teams/staff of the Department in this endeavor of immunization of the entire cattle and buffalo population in the State with a view to  eradicate Foot and  Mouth Disease which is highly contagious, causing high economic losses in milk production, draft power, growth and reproduction.

September 4, 2014 …. The Government of Goa will honour distinguished teachers with the State Awards in categories such as Primary , Secondary Higher Secondary teachers, Head Masters of high School and Principals of Higheer Secondary Schools on the occasion of  teacher’s day celebrations on September 5, 2014 at 10.30 am at Master Dinanath Mangueskar Hall, Kala Academy, Panaji.

        The teachers are : Primary teachers Category: Smt. Shitala Gajanan Sainkar, GPS, Vhalshi –Bicholim and Smt. Fatima Ferrao, Infant jesus High School, Colva , Salcacte. In the Secondary Teachers Category: Smt. Vibhuti Jagannath Bhangui, Peoples’s high School, Panaji. Headmasters category: Shri damodar Guna Phadte, Mahanandu G. Naik Memorial High School, Bhoma, Marcela and Smt. Suzanee Perpetual A. Pinto e Barreto, St. Francis Xavier High School, Macasana. Texcher Grad-I Category: Shri Shamsher Khan, GVM’s SNJA Hr. Secondary Farmaguddi, Ponda. Principal Category: Shri Shyamsunder M. Kauthankar, Dyanprasarak Mandal, PVS Sarojini Madhusudan Kushe, Hr Secondary School & Institute of Vocational Studies, PVS Kushe Nagar, Assagao-Bardez.

The award includes a Cheque of rs. 25,000/- a merit certificate and a memento.

        The prizes will also be given to the taluka office A.D.E.I. for the last years teachers day Highest collection based on the population ration. The first prize in this category will be  presented to Salcete taluka followed by Bicholim and Vasco talukas.

Panaji, September 2, 2014 … LIC is completing 58 years of its service to the nation  on September 1, 2014. To mark the occasion LIC’s is observing their 58^th Anniversary Insurance Week begins from September 1 to September 7, 2014 in the country with various events.

          As part of the Insurance week celebrations the LIC’s Goa Division Office has chalked out various programmes during the week. Programmes such as planting of saplings, organization of Health Camp for children, Health cum Yoga for the staff, competitions for Agents, Drawing competitions for School Children and  Quiz competitions for Employees.

          Besides Special Service Desks will also opened in the branch offices to serve the customers, special drives for creating awareness of Insurance in rural areas will also be conducted, Customer Meets will also be held during the week.

01/09/2014 …. “The Non Corporate Small Business Sector which has outperformed Corporate Sector in terms of contribution in National GDP,  employment, exports and domestic manufacturing, needs a viable financial architecture for its structured development and to give a boost to national economy”-said well known economist and financial adviser Mr. S. Gurumurthy today at a National Round Table Conference on ” need of a financial architecture for non corporate small business” held at New Delhi today by Action Committee For Formal Finance For Non Corporate Small Business, a group constituted by various national organisations of non corporate sector including Traders, Transporters, Truck Operators, SMEs, self entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, hawkers, labourers and other sectors.

 Mr. Gurumurthy while inaugurating the Round Table Conference said that the non corporate sector is economic backbone of the Country which produces a value addition of Rs.6.28 lakh crores per year but this sector is the most financially under-served limiting the economic progress of the nation. The banking institutions could able to provide only 4% financial needs of this sector.​

​There are about 5.77 crore unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises in informal sector providing employment to about 46 crore people in the Country out of which about 24 crore people are self employed.  He also said that about 61% enterprises in non corporate sector are owned by backward classes. He further said that the best way to make India’s economy fully formal is to extend the reach of the financial system.

Mr. Gurumurthy further said that 90% of the informal sector does not access outside source of finance.The Banks do not finance the non formal sector which are largely unregistered due to High HR cost to lend and also due to basel norms which makes it difficult to finance even registered MSME sector, leave aside the unregistered small business. Mr. Gurumurthy called for creation of Small Business Finance Companies or Institutions as a financial architecture for non corporate small business in the Country. He further said that the non corporate sector holds huge promise for entrepreneurship, self employment and livelihood and therefore there is an urgent need of financial empowerment of this sector in larger interest of the nation.

Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, National Coordinator of the Action Committee informed that similar Round Table Conferences shall be held at Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Chennai, Hyderabad,Bangalore, Cochin, Nagpur, Bhopal and Kanpur within next two months. The Action Committee shall also hold  30 ” Jan Adalat”, a form of public hearing, in different states of the Country in next two months where people belonging to different groups of non corporate sector will narrate their problems and difficulties in obtaining requisite finance from banks and baking institutions. Such hearings will bring the ground realities of financial sector into limelight.

The Action Committee intends to prepare a White Paper based on the inputs received from Round Table Conferences and Jan Adalat which will be submitted to Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Commerce Minister, MSME Minister, Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers of different states and RBI Governor . Copies of the White Paper shall also be submitted to senior leaders of different political parties and MPs of both houses of Parliament.

​The ​Action Committee include the Confederation of All India Traders, All India Motor Transport Congress, All India Confederation of Goods Vehicles Owners Association, All India Transport Welfare Association, Federation of Indian Small & Micro Enterprises, National Hawkers Federation, Bhartiya Kisan Morcha, Laghu Udhyog Bharti, Institute for Enterprise Research & Development, Fruits & Vegetables Commission Agents Wholesale Traders Association and many other leading national and state level organizations of different sectors of non corporate sector.​