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Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Congress MLA Yuri Alemao today said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant must follow the advice of the President of India and scrap the three linear projects. “I congratulate the new President of India Draupadi Murmu Ji and appeal to her to take steps to protect the environment, forest, wildlife of India which is now getting destroyed as lands are being handed over to Crony Capitalists for setting up destructive projects,” said Alemao He further said that the President of India Draupadi Murmu is a motherly figure to Goa and she has remained connected with nature. Goa is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister for Urban Development Vishwajit Rane today said that his department has decided to begin issuing online birth & death and trade license certificates. Rane today held a meeting with the officials of the Urban Development Department along with the Secretary. “Department has decided to begin issuing online birth & death and trade license certificates. These certificates will be issued using a digital signiture,” said Rane He further said that the concerned person needs to apply for the certificate online and they shall be issued certificates using digital signiture. “We are doing all these services with the…

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…