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Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that for better functioning Dairy farmers who are associated with Goa Dairy will get voting right so that they can directly elect Board of Directors (BoDs) of Goa Dairy. He asked Goa Dairy Administrator of Goa Dairy to bring new rules and than Conduct election for BoDs of Goa Dairy. There are around 5000 farmers of Goa Dairy. He was speaking at the Krishi Mahotsav 2023, Organised at Sports Complex Curti Ponda. On occasion present were Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar, officials of Agriculture Department. It may be recalled…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Alleging that the Goa government is practicing ‘Mission Total Commission’ formula in the state by harassing PWD contractors, Congress has stated that it will write to ‘Competition of Commission of India’ to investigate corruption involved. GPCC General Secretary Vijay Bhike on Saturday addressed a press conference in Congress House and said that ‘total commission’ BJP government is engaged in corruption since last many years. North Goa District President Virendra Shirodkar and North District President of Youth Congress Rinaldo Rosario were present on the occasion. “People of Karnataka have shown door to the BJP MLAs because of rampant…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that vision of Swayampurna Goa will be achieved in the Agriculture sector. “With sustained efforts and coordination of the Govt. and People of Goa the vision of Swayampurna Goa will be achieved in the agriculture sector. The Govt. Agriculture College shall pave the way for development of the sector in the state,” said Sawant He further said that government is implementing various programs and schemes for the benefit of farmers and increasing agro production in the state. “The Govt. of Goa has passed legislation to protect the paddy farm lands of Goa,…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – Stating, government is committed to resolve and attend to various issues raised by the fishermen, Union Minister of State for Fisheries Purshottam Rupala assured upliftment of fishermen in the State of Goa through various schemes in force. Union Minister of State for Fisheries Purshottam Rupala was speaking at the last leg of Sagar Parikrama-V program at Rajbag- Canacona which began at Raigad in Maharashtra on 17th May and culminated at Canacona on Friday. ‘Through Sagar Parikrama program, we got in touch with the traditional fishermen brothers and got to know their problems. In this program, since…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has quashed and set aside an order passed by the North Goa Collector under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure banning petitioner Domnic D’Souza and his wife Joan Mascarenhas D’Souza from carrying out religious activities in their institutional building situated at Siolim. The Judicial Magistrate’s First Class, Mapusa, had granted conditional bail to pastors Dominic D’Souza and Jo-An D’Souza. The court granted the bail on the condition that the couple should not enter Sodiem-Siolim for the next 60 days and should furnish a personal bond of 15,000 each.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa government has notified the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Policy of Goa, 2023 giving detailed guidelines over scrapping of old, unfit vehicles and also offering incentives to those voluntarily handing over their old vehicles to Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF). The policy aims to reduce to reduce vehicular pollution, phase out unfit and polluting vehicles pollution and also boost purchase of environment friendly, new technology vehicles. The policy will be applicable initially for a period of next 5 years. Goa has approximately 1.92 lakhs over 15 year old End-of Life vehicles which are estimated as fit for…

PANAJI: Goa-IDC organised its first ever Quarterly Consultative Meetings (QCMs) on Friday, May 19. The four individual meetings were conducted with CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry), ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) and LUB (Laghu Udyog Bharati), along with the members of the association. These meetings are being conducted in a bid to elicit the inputs and feedback from industry bodies, which otherwise do not have representation on the Goa-IDC Board of Directors. Pravimal Abhishek, Managing Director, GIDC said: “The objective of organising Quarterly Consultative Meetings (QCMs) is…