Panaji: August 7, 2016  … On the National Days and other important days, lot of National Flags made either of plastic or other materials are sold to people in large numbers out of patriotism for the nation.

The District Magistrate, South Goa has appealed and brought to the notice of the public that the sale of plastic flags is prohibited.

Public should refrain from purchase of plastic flags and in case, they found any person selling plastic flags they should inform the Police stations, Chief Officers of respective Municipal councils, V.P Secretaries of the various Panchayats and the ADEIs.

However, it is seen that many times these National Flags are thrown on the road or in the gutters and other places after the functions, mostly unintentionally.

This is an offence and violations of the National flag code of India. The offender is liable for punishment under these Acts.

Panaji: August 7, 2016 ….National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will be presented  by the President of India on December 3 2016 which will be observed as International Day of Disabled Persons.

The Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment-New Delhi has instituted the awards  to the following categories:-

          Awards  of  Rs Rs.50,000/-, A Citation,   A Certificate and A Metal Medal will be presented  for Best Employees (including Self employment) with Disabilities shall consists of Blindness, Low Vision, Leprosy Cured, Hearing Impairment, Locomotors Disability  Celebral Palsy ,Mental Retardation, Mental illness, Autism, Multiple Disability: (Male & Female)

Award of  Rs. 1,00,000/-,  a medal, a citation and a certificate will be presented  for Best three Employers  and Rs. 50,000/-, a Shield, a citation and a certificate  will be presented to Placement Officers/Agency for placement of Person with Disabilities shall consist of Government P.S.U. or Autonomous or Local Government Body, Private or non Govt. Organization.

Besides cash prizes with citation certificates will be awarded to  Best Individual and Institution for the cause of Person with Disabilities, Role Model Awards, Best Applied Research Research/Innovation/Product Development Aimed at improving the life of Persons with Disabilities, Award for the Outstanding work in the creation of Barrier-free environment  for the persons with Disabilities, Award for the Best District in providing Rehabilitation Services one, Award for the Best State Channelizing Agency of National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation one, Award for the Outstanding creative adult persons with disabilities  male and female, Award for the Best Creative Child with Disabilities.one for Boy and one for girl, Best Braille Press one,   Best Accessible Website, Best State in promoting Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities one, and Best Sports Person with disabilities both male and female .

The persons selected for the award will be given 1^st class/AC II Tier Train fare to and for their place of residence. Full hospitality and board and lodging will be provided to the awardees during their stay in Delhi at the time of receiving National Award.

 Application for the aforesaid award in the prescribed format should reach  to the Director, Directorate of Social Welfare, 18^th June Road, Panaji-Goa on or before  August 10, 2016 positively. Application received thereafter will not be entertained.

 For further details and prescribed application forms contact, Directorate of Social Welfare, 18^th June Road, Panaji-Goa Tel Nos. (0832) 2232257,2223784 may be contact on any working day during office hours.

Panaji : August 6, 2016 …. Smt. Nila Mohan, Collector and District Magistrate, District Appropriate Authority, North Goa (PCPNDT Act) flagged off the Billboard mobile vehicle recently at Directorate of Health Services building Campal, Panaji.

Dr. Sanjeev Dalvi, Director of Health Services, Dr. Jose D’Sa, Dy. Director, Public Health, Dr. Vandana Dhume, Chief Medical Officer, State Family Welfare Bureau, DHS, Dr. Chandrakant Parab, Dy Director, NVBDCP and other health officials were present on the occasion.

The State Family Welfare Bureau, Directorate of Health Services has hired the Billboard advertisement for widespread publicity and awareness among the community at large on the topics Beti Bachao: Beti Padhao, Diarrhoea and breastfeeding as a National Health Mission initiatives.

          This vehicle will cover State of Goa within two months time period.

Panaji: August 5, 2016 … The State Government will participate in the event of independence Day celebrations to be held at New Delhi from August 12 to August 18, 2016.

The highlight of the celebration will be the participation of artists from Goa and from other states of  India in the cultural programme of the Bharat Parv to be celebrated at Rajpath lawn, New Delhi from August 12 to August 18, 2016

The prime objective of organizing the event is to create patriotic mood, ensure wide participation of general public and to showcase rich cultural diversity of the country.

The participating states will display their art, culture, handicraft, cuisine besides performance of celebrity artists of participating states as well as folk performance by local artists. Similarly the states will focus their development projects and programmes among other activities will be showcased.

 Apart from the Department of Information and Publicity which will be the coordinating Department for the participation of Goa State in the I-Day celebrations other Departments and Corporations like Department of Tourism, Goa Tourism Development Corporation, Directorate of Art and Culture, Goa Handicraft Corporation and Department of Handicraft, textile and coir are also participating in the week long Independence Day celebrations in the national capital, New Delhi.

The Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India will be the nodal agency to coordinate with the participating states for the activities that will be undertaken .

The Directorate of Art and Culture will be participating in the event with 38 folk artists, besides ten Celebrity artists who will showcase the rich cultural traditions of Goa.

Panaji: August 4, 2016 … Applications in the prescribed forms are invited from the teachers for Grant of Financial Assistance under the scheme of Support for Professional Education of children of School Teachers for  the year 2013-14.

Panaji: August 4, 2016 … The Department  Civil Supplies has informed that the ration card holders & the beneficiaries in the state  will be  allotted festival quota during the month of September, 2016 under NFSA (AAY and PHH) , Tide Over(APL), Annapurna (ANP)& Welfare Institution as under.

Panaji: August 3, 2016 …. Shri Shri Siddharth Kuncolienkar, MLA Panaji, recently inaugurated the State level Symposium on correct norms of Infant and young child feeding practices IMS Act at Nalanda Hall EDC House at Panaji.

The program was organized by Community Food and Nutrition Extension Unit, Food and Nutrition Board member of Women and Child Development, Government of India, in coordination with State Government Agencies.

The theme of this year’s celebration is Breast feeding- A key for sustainable Development.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Kuncolienkar highlighted the importance of symposiums and said such symposiums will help the public to know much about correct norms of Infant and young child feeding practices.

Earlier Mrs Sangita Rane Officer in-charge of Food and Nutrition Board welcomed the guests and delegates and spoke about the importance of celebration. Speaking further she said that maximum awareness among the masses on breast feeding will help to curtail the Infant mortality rate.

Mrs Varsha Naik, Assistant Professor Goa college of Home Science presented talk on Disseminating correct norms on Infant and young child feeding practices, IMS Act. Dr Lourrine D’sa, consultant and lecturer Goa Medical College delivered talk on Breast feeding, A Key for sustainable development.

 A mini exhibition on the  theme “complementary food and Breast feeding” was displayed on the occasion.

Ms. Vaibhavi Rane compered the function and  Mrs Nita Rane proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji, August 2nd, 2016….. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javdekar recently inaugurated Indian Institute of Technology, Goa. He also laid the foundation stone for IIT Goa Students’ Hostel. ReTeks

The newly set up IIT Goa shall function from temporary campus at Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi and will be mentored by IIT Mumbai.

Panaji: August 1st ,2016 …. The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has said that the disease of cervical cancer is haunting the women as it taking toll of death of women. The  cases of this  disease are  increasing  and therefore it is necessary  to take precautionary measures to arrest the same. The Chief Minister also called upon the gynecologists and the Oncologists to come out with effective solution to get rid of this menace

Panaji July  31,2016 …. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has said  traffic safety awareness is the need of the hour  and therefore all possible measures should be adopted to educate the masses on traffic safety awareness. He said the figures of road fatalities in Goa are alarming and the State has lost many precious lives specially the youth who are assets of the state.

The Chief Minister was speaking was speaking at the inauguration of road safety awareness lectures at Goa Police Gazetted Officers institute at Altinho Panaji today. The lectures will be conducted every Saturday in Panaji and at Margao.

Speaking further the Chief Minister said students play a vital role and if a student is educated on road safety he can educate his parents and surrounding. He advised the Police not to limit this awareness drive upto Panaji and Margao but to take it in the remote places such as Pernem to Canacona for wider awareness.

Earlier in his welcome address, Director General of  Police Dr. Muktesh Chandar said that the Goa Police will try its best to inculcate habit of road safety in Goa. He also said that road engineering defect also needs to be corrected for smooth flow of traffic. Dy. Inspector General of Police Shri Vimal Anand Gupta was also present.

Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Smt. Suman Goel compered and later proposed the vote of thanks.