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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister for Cooperation, Subhash Shirodkar chaired a meeting with the Board of Directors and section Heads of Goa Dairy Corporation at Curti, Ponda yesterday and interacted with all the members and listened to their grievances and other issues related to the milk Production in Goa. Shirodkar asserted that Goa Dairy has geared up to compete and continue its business, with other upcoming Dairy plants in Goa. To enhance the production of milk in Goa and boost the sale of milk he said Goa Dairy will focus on increasing production of milk and change its marketing strategy. Almost…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: PWD (Highways) authorities were caught napping once again, as four pieces of duplicate Road Signboards are found dotting the NH-66 road section in Canacona. The apathy is, three traffic sign- boards to warn motorists of existence of Spead-breaker are erected at not only one, but at three different location where there are no Spead-breaker at-all. And in a second instance two more (duplicate) back-to-back erected traffic signboards to show a Left-Turn are prominently displayed at another location of NH-66 road. ‘This is a pure wastage of public money and very irresponsible behaviour of PWD officials. Each of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said that Goa Housing Board did not comply with the provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 regarding payment of advance tax and filing of return, resulting in levy of penal interest of 70.69 lakh under the Act. “Goa Housing Board did not comply with the provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 regarding payment of advance tax and filing of return, resulting in levy of penal interest of ` 70.69 lakh under the Act, which was avoidable,” CAG report states CAG said that Due to lack of tax planning and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant informed that there are no Tribal areas/ Schedule areas identified and notified in the State of Goa. “There are no Tribal areas/ Schedule areas identified and notified in the State of Goa. The Scheduled Tribe population in the State of Goa is not concentrated in a particular area. Hence the Scheduled areas are not identified/ notified in the State of Goa,” said CM Sawant The criteria implemented in identification and notification of the Tribal areas/Scheduled areas are:  Preponderance of tribal population;  Compactness and reasonable size of the area;  A viable…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Power Minister Ramakrishna Dhavalikar said that generation of pollution-free green electricity is now the government’s goal. “Generation of pollution-free green electricity is now the government’s goal. He said that the country is developing rapidly under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Dhavalikar He further said that Goa aims to generate 150 MW of solar power and that the government is considering underground power lines. He appealed to the farmers to take advantage of the solar pump scheme. Shailesh Bhure, Superintending Engineer informed that Goa is second in the country in digital billing transactions. The ‘Ujwal…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Shevto, which was classified as the State fish in 2017 has since seen a remarkable rise in catch with a total of 7801 tonnes for the year since 2017 to March 2020. “There has been a catch of 7801 tonnes for the year since 2017 to March 2020. Grey Mullet is abundantly found in Estuarine and Brackish Waters in the State,” said Minister for Fisheries Nilkanth Halarnkar He further said that the Government is promoting culture of Grey Mullet (Shevto) in River Cage Culture and Pond Culture etc. “The local Goan endangered species is Windowpane oyster (Placuna…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested Sunil Kumar along with his accomplices for forging documents on pretext of being the lawful owners of property. As per SIT, Sunil Kumar and his accomplices with their common intention dishonestly prepared forged documents on pretext of being the lawful owners of property surveyed under no 33/1 of Village Assagao and further fraudulently produced forged documents as genuine before the authorities and thus succeeded in transferring ownership rights in complainant name, thereby cheated the complainant. The SIT (Land Grabbing) Ribandar has registered offence vide Crime Branch Cr.No. 65/2022 u/sec. 420,…