Dated: August 11, 2014 … The Goa State Horticulture Corporation Ltd. organized taluka level local Vegetable producer’s Award Day and launched Local Vegetable Production Campaign 2014-15 at Institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panaji on Saturday.

Shri Vishnu Surya Wagh, MLA, Shri Kiran Kandolkar, MLA and Chairman of Goa State Horticulture Corporation Ltd, Shri Rajan Naik, MLA, Shri Orlando Rodrigues Director of Agriculture Department were present on the occasion.

Shri Subhash Naik, Shri Demu Gaonkar, Shri Vithoba Ghadi, Shri Subhash Malik, Shri Borges, Shri Santosh Gaonkar, Shri Mohan Gaonkar and Arun Bhandare member from Board of Directors graced the occasion.

Various awards and individual prizes were given to the farmers on the occasion at the hands of dignitaries.

Zonal Agriculture Office,  Bardez taluka, Aldona Panchayat, Gaodongri Farmers Society, Cancona and Miracle High School from Sanguem were given Awards for their farming efforts in their respective areas.

In individual category a successful Farmers from different talukas were felicitated at the hands of Chief Guest. Pernem taluka – Shri Sakharam Kalangutkar, Shri Subhash Parab and Namdev Malik. Mapusa taluka – Ujwala Mandrekar, Premanand Kerkar and Sadanand Naik. Valpoi – Smt. Anuradha Kerkar, Chandrakant Mankar and Lucindo Faria. Tiswadi – Shri Urbano Gomes, Bhiku Dhulapkar and Sugandha Kundaikar, Ponda – Shri Bhavani Patil, Gajanand Kuttikar and Sadanand Gaude. Bicholim – Sadanand Naik and Vithu Gawas. Cansaulim – Domingo D’Costa, Jose Jusus Abarances and Jose Vaz. Margao – Joseph Teles, Judas Quadros and Fr. Mario Souza. Quepem – Janu Velip, Shivshankar Self Help Group and Mahadev Self Help Group. Dharbandora – Jayant Gaonkar, Balasati S. H.G. Kirlapal Dabhal and Laxmi S. H.G. Kirlapal Dabhal. Sanguem – Prasad Tanshikar, Navnath Velip and Rekha Amolkar and from Cancona – Prabhat Naik, Rekha Naik and Krishna Gaonkar.

Addressing the Farmers meet the Chief Guest Shri Wagh Said, the scheme of the Goa State Horticulture Development Corporation (GSHDC) which is meant to develop infrastructure for vegetable and flower cultivation in Goa has boosted vegetable farming in the state of Goa in a big way.  He complimented the work of Horticulture Corporation and appealed to the farmers to take advantage of various schemes offered by the state Government in the field of Agriculture.

Shri Kiran Kandolkar who spoke on the occasion, said that the State Government is offering various facilities and incentives to the farmers to boost farming yield. He said, this includes distribution of various varieties of seeds and fertilizers free of cost and subsidy is also being extended to them.

Panaji, August 11, 2014 … Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar will unveil the Statue of Late Shri D. B. Bandodkar, the first Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu at Secretariat Complex, Porvorim, at 9:30 am on August 12, 2014.

The statue of Late Bandodakar will be unveiled on the occasion  of Death Anniversary of late Shri D.B. Bandodkar which will be observed on Tuesday August 12, 2014.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar alongwith Cabinet Ministers will place garlands/flowers on the Samadhi of late  Shri D.B. Bandodkar  and pay their homage at Miramar at 8:30 a.m.  followed by garlanding of the statue of late Shri D.B. Bandodkar at Old Secretariat, Panaji at 9:00 a.m.

Panaji ; 11, 2014 … 1400 Grams of Sugar per person will be distributed during the month of August, 2014 to the families of below Poverty Line, Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Annapurna at a price of Rs.13.50 per kg.This includes festival allocation also.

The Fair Price Shop Owners are directed to start lifting the stock of the Sugar immediately and supply the quota of August 2014 to the cardholders immediately. They are also requested to display the sample of the quality of Commodity supplied to the cardholders. The entire quota to the BPL, AAY, and ANP cardholders should be made immediately and the entire quota should be lifted before August 20, 2014.

Respective cardholders are hereby requested to draw their monthly ration quota from their respective Fair Price Shop on or before August 30, 2014 as per their entitlement and sign the register maintained at Fair Price Shop in token of having lifted their quota.

Complaints, if any, in case of non- supply of PDS commodities and the quantity and quality supplied by the Fair Price Shop is not found satisfactory be made to the office of the respective Joint Mamlatdar –I or Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Panaji – Goa.

10/08/2014 …. Shri Rajan Y. Nigalye, Police Inspector, Anti Corruption Branch, Directorate of Vigilance, Serra Building, Altinho Panaji Goa based on Preliminary Enquiry lodged complaint against Shri. Kamlakar D. Harlarnkar, Chief Officer of Pernem Municipal Council, Pernem & Shri. Madan Shenvi Desai, Upper Division Clerk of Pernem Municipal Council, Pernem

 Pursuant to the above complaint, ACB/Vigilance P.S. registered Crime No. 14/2014 dated 08/08/2014 against accused No.1 Shri. Kamalakar Halarnkar, Chief Officer, PMC, Pernem, Public Servant in exercise of his official function on 15/03/2013 afternoon demanded and accepted gratification of Rs. 700/- from Shri. Mahesh Pednekar r/o Malpe Pernem for doing official act of issuing NOC to start his business of Photo Studio on 1^st floor of Shivanand Complex Building at Pernem and accused No.2 Shri. Madan Shenvi Desai, Upper Division Clerk of Pernem Municipal Council, Pernem, also Public Servant in exercise of his official function abetted for conveying the demand of illegal gratification on behalf of accused No. 1 for doing the same official act with respect to issue of NOC to Shri. Mahesh Pednekar.   

 Hence, Accused No.1. Shri. Kamlakar D. Halarnkar committed offence punishable U/s 7 r/w 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and Accused No.2 Shri Madan S. Desai, committed offence punishable U/s 7 r/w 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 against

10/08/2014 …. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh stated here today to the Ambassador of Czech Republic, Mr. Miloslav Stasek that India will offer training to Czech scientists.

 Dr Jitendra Singh said that though a small country, Czechoslovakia has assumed importance in the international domain, particularly in the area of automobile technology by the sheer dent of hard work and determination.

 The Czech Ambassador informed the Minister that in the month of October, a group of scholars from various Czech universities will be coming to India for interaction with Indian scholars in the union capital as well as other major cities including Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar. He requested Dr Jitendra Singh to spare some time for appointment with these visiting scholars and also offered courses like Ph.D and automobile training for students from India. 

Giving his consent for a meeting with the Czech scholars, Dr Jitendra Singh said that right from ancient times, India has been a favourite destination for scholars, researchers and explorers from other continents and in the present context, India also offers exclusive opportunities for affordable innovation which could help in supplementing knowledge based economy in a global world.

Dr Jitendra Singh also disclosed that the Indian Embassy in Pregue has been asked to get in touch with the Czech Government and expedite the proposals related to Science & Technology. He also emphasized the need to be flexible in implementing bilateral programmes in order to accommodate the constraints and diversities of the two countries. 

August 8, 2014 …. Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar has exhorted the people of the State not to be a part of regressive society and urged them to join hands together to wipe out the dreaded killerHIV/AIDS, especially the stigma attached to the epidemic.

 Shri Parrikar was speaking at the Legislative Forum on HIV/AIDS organized by Goa State AIDS Control Society and Goa Legislative Assembly with the support of AIDS Control at Assembly Complex, Porvorim, today.

 Shri Parrikar citing the example of the recent incident at Rivona mentioned that common sense needs to be used to come out of the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. Stressing the need to know why, how and through what it can or cannot be contradicted.  We need to be vigilant and arrest the spread of this disease which is spreading mostly due to ignorance, he added

 He further informed that Ebola is at the forefront of the major disease affecting the globe at present. Ebola is a disease in which the red cells busts internally taking human life instantly, he added.

 Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Shri Rajendra Arlekar speaking on the occasion underscored the need to change our thinking and have one’s own self control. He said, self control can do away with such illness while our positive thinking can bring a total change towards the affected people and show the way to others while pointing out that the problem lies with not the people who are infected but with people who are not infected with the disease.

 Health Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar said it is the State dream to have zero new infections within 4-5 years time.  Goa being a literate state and the annual infective detentions being reduced every year can definitely be brought down, he remarked.

 Complimenting the GSACS for the wonderful job, the Health Minister said Goa has a total of 15484 people inflicted with HIV/AIDS infections has been having a reduction in fresh detention at 523 people from 1100 person every year since 2009-13.

 He stressed the need to create awareness among the Panchayat/School and rural areas.  The stigma/discrimination attached to such epidemic needs to go and we can do it in our own way by playing a small role of social responsibility, he said.

 Principal Secretary(Health), Shri Parimal Rai in his welcome and inaugural address gave the statistics of HIV/AIDS cases prevalent in all parts of Goa  Salcete(18.4%) Mormugao(12.8%) Tiswadi(11.5%) and Bardez(14.5%) highlighted the very basic step of delaying the inevitable, i.e prevention and then prolong our life through intervention  once infected. 

 Shri Rai called upon the people to play a role in prevention of HIV by sharing information and providing our support to people living with HIV/AIDS.

 Dy. Chief Minister, Shri Francis D’Souza; Minister for PWD, Shri Ramkrishna(Sudin) Dhavlikar; Co-operation Minister, Shri Pandurang(Deepak) Dhavlikar; Dy. Speaker, Shri Anand Shet; MLA’s, Dr. Pramod Sawant; Shri Rohan Khaunte; Shri Subhash Phal Dessai; Shri Ganesh Gaonkar; Dean, GMC, Dr. Pradeep Naik; Director, DHS, Dr. Sanjeev Dalvi Dr. Digamber Naik were amongst those prominent persons present on the occasion.

 The forum was held for the Legislative Members as the action by such members has helped immensely toreverse the HIV and AIDS epidemic in many countries around the globe.

 It was also felt that it helps to advocate for development of new schemes and amendment of existing policies/schemes to make them HIV sensitive apart from as opinion builders, raise HIV/AIDS related issues at public forum, in the meetings of various Districts/State/National committees of which they are members.

 Later, Dr. Madhu Sharma, Project Director gave a brief presentation on the various aspects, objectives and the role Legislative Members can play in removing the myths and misconceptions in the minds of the public about HIV/AIDS  the life threatening disease.