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Main objectives are as below: i. To promote Goa as Agri. Export Hub of India. ii. Entrepreneurship development in Agri. Export. iii. To diversify export basket and destinations and boost high value and value-added agricultural exports, including a focus on perishables. iv. To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports. v. Creation of efficient export-oriented infrastructure and utilization of existing infrastructure. vi. To set up an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and deal with sanitary and phytosanitary issues. vii. Skill development of the concerned stakeholders in the agri. export. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: As Ponda City, Kavlem, and Bandora main Nullah are choked with garbage dumps, the locals in City and villages fear flooding of houses in the monsoon. As Ponda City’s main Nullah is filled with a dump of garbage, Pondaitees fear flooding of houses in monsoon. Considering past incidents of flooding of this nullah at the time of monsoon, Locals demanded urgent desiltation and cleaning of nullah by removing garbage and silt before the onset of monsoon. Despite the Curti Panchayat and Ponda Municipality (PMC) collecting door to door garbage, some habitual offenders dump all kinds of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the people of Goa won’t be manipulated by those who are motivated to create political and communal disturbances. Sawant also said that Uniform Civil Code must be followed across the nation. “People of Goa won’t be manipulated by those who are motivated to create political and communal disturbances; Communal harmony of Goa will not be disturbed,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Goa has always had communal harmony; there has been the same brotherhood since 1961. “People need to know about the history of Goa; the new education policy must…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa unit of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided to set up an ad hoc state level executive committee with a view to strengthen its base in the state ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Mamata Banerjee-led political outfit had failed to open its account in the Goa Assembly elections held in February this year despite a vociferous campaign. Recently, the party appointed cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad as it in-charge for the state, replacing Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra. On Friday, Azad, in the presence of party leader Derek O’Brien, held a meeting to take…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: International labour day was celebrated by District Legal Services Authority South Goa, Margao, in association with Taluka Legal Services, Quepem, by organizing a function in the CCMC administrative building hall at Curchorem on Friday. Addressing the gathering, Judge Sarika Faldessai said intending to empower unorganized sector workers, the central Government has established e-shram registration. Small businessmen, including street vendors, fruits and vegetable vendors, workers working in ice cream and beauty parlours etc, are supposed to register their names in the e-shram scheme. She further said this will enable them to avail of various facilities, including accidental benefits.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Small Industries Association has reacted strongly to the statement of Labour Minister Atanasio Monseratte on the increase of minimum wages. The GSIA president Damodar Kochkar said that it is wrong on the part of Minister of Labour Atanasio’ Babush’ Monserratte to make a public statement that Labour & Employment Department will be labour friendly and not Management friendly. “The Government should adopt a balanced approach and always try to arrive at an amicable understanding between the labour and the Management,” he said. He said the rates of minimum wages used to be revised once 3/5…

AERIAL VIEW In Goa, Mining provides massive profits to mine-owners but short-term employment to the locals. It destroys the village economy as well as social solidarity. And the environmental impact is colossal. The mining barons loot the dense forests that line the State’s eastern boundaries. The mining companies alone cannot be blamed for the mess; the governments and politicians have also raked in the moolah. Despite knowing the illegalities, they decide to turn a blind eye. In the 1960s and 1970s, mining in Goa was largely in the hands of four families. But as the business spread, ownership became more…