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Goemkarponn desk Margao: Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress President Beena Naik has slammed the BJP government for issuing outdated sanction orders to Laadli Laxmi beneficiaries. “It is really sad and shocking to see the most irresponsible, insensitive and corrupt BJP Government headed by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant is playing with the sentiments of the beneficiaries of the Laadli Laxmi Scheme by issuing sanction orders which are now technically invalid,” she said. She said that the Government must stop fooling the beneficiaries and immediately tender apology for issuing false and misleading letters to the beneficiaries demanded . “The letters sent by…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The EDC Corporation has declared a dividend of Rs.100.92 lakhs and paid Rs.86.20 lakh to the Government of Goa for FY 2019-20. The cheque was handed over to the Chief Minister in the presence of the Board of Directors of EDC Limited. Under the chairmanship of Sadanand Shet Tanavade, the EDC Board Meeting held on 02/07/2021 has reduced the interest rates for New MSME Term Loan borrowers from 10.50% per annum to 9.50% per annum, reduction in interest rate by 1% w.e.f. 01/07/2021. With this reduction in interest rate EDC term loans are presently the cheapest in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as Goa Governor. Governor B.S Koshyari was currently holding double charge as Governor of Maharashtra and Goa. “Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai appointed as Goa Governor, Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya appointed as Tripura Governor, Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais appointed as Jharkhand Governor & Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya appointed as Haryana Governor,” the official tweet says P. S. Sreedharan Pillai is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who was currently serving as the 15th Governor of Mizoram state. He was previously the Bharatiya Janata Party president of Kerala…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Former Goa Assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar has been appointed as Himachal Pradesh Governor. Arlekar will be the 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh. The current Governor of Himachal Pradesh Bandari Dattraya had taken charge in September 2019. “These developments took place at the national level and Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally congratulated me over the phone,” said Arlekar. Rajendra Arlekar was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa and a former speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant congratulated Arlekar saying, “Hearty congratulations to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Following directions from the Centre, the Goa government is all set to sign a agreement with the Mineral corporation for exploration of minerals. CM Sawant on Agreement with mineral corporation- it is already decided. we will soon sign Aggreement. this to to survey different mining leases. The government wants to establish iron ore reserves in the State by singing MoU with the MECL, a premier exploration agency in the country, sources said. MECL is a ‘Miniratna I’ Central public sector enterprise under the Union Ministry of Mines, Government of India and provides high quality, cost effective and…

PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Goa Foundations review petition seeking deletion of the time limit of August 31, 2021 for preparation of the final Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for Goa has been dismissed by the NGT. Through the petition the green NGO had also asked that GCZMA be given 6 months time after the public hearings are concluded to consider and incorporate all suggestions as per law. Goa Foundation had submitted that with Aug 31 as deadline Goa government has less than two months to finalize the CZMP after the public hearing, instead of the 6 months as…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 130 new positive cases. While there were 281 recoveries & 2 deaths. As per DHS bulletin, Goa recorded covid positivity rate of 3.2 % today with 130 of the 3979 samples testing positive for covid. A 84-year-old man from Aldona and 72-year-old woman from Savordem succumbed to covid in last 24-hours. The total death tally is 3075 and recovery rate 97.01% Patients discharged from Hospitals 12 and patients admitted in Hospitals today are 16.