PANJIM: Bombay High Court at Panaji has issued notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forests & CC on a PIL challenging a part of the amendment notification on HTL and khazans in the State of Goa. This PIL writ petition is filed for the rehabilitation of Goa’s ecological endowment, ‘the khazans’. The khazan system is unique to Goa and due to it, a vast farmland (reportedly 18,000 hectares, or thereabouts) has been literally reclaimed from the sea, through the sheer ingenuity of our forefathers. The protection of the khazan system and its embankments is a mandatory requirement in view of…
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A Division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice M.S.Jawalkar today directed the Goa Government to fill the now vacant post of Goa Lokayukta within three months. The Court was today hearing a petition filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the failure of the Government to duly initiate the process of selecting the new Lokayukta despite knowing very well that Lokayutta Justice P.K. Misra was due to retire on September 17th. Advocate General of Goa Devidas Pangam today informed the Court that a communication has been sent to the Registrar of the Supreme…
Panaji: The Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat today submitted a Memorandum to the Governor of Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari demanding withdrawal of Ordinance number 10 of 2020 which has stopped the scheme of granting House Building Advance (HBA) to the employees of the State Government and further put a ban on them from protesting or approaching the Court of law against the decision of the Government. Terming the Ordinance as a rude shock to the scores of Government employees who had a dream to have an affordable dwelling unit of their very own and to those who had availed the…
PANJIM: The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that he is ready to hand over the labour gate scam case to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for investigation. Responding to question, Sawant said that he has asked Labour department to submit details of the case. “If required, I am ready to hand over the case to ACB for investigation,” he said. The Goa Lokayukta has ordered ACB to file FIR against “unknown” as well as the fake beneficiaries of the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) welfare funds. It has also said that investigation can be handed over to CBI if…
PORVORIM: The State Cabinet today granted further six-month extension to off shore casinos to operate in River Mandovi till March 31,2021. The last six month extension granted will lapse on September 30. The government had taken a policy decision in 2013 to relocate the offshore casinos from River Mandovi. However, the failure to identify an alternative site forced the government to grant them a series of extensions to continue in the river. The operations of offshore casinos are currently shut in the State in view of COVID-19 imposed lockdown. Since August 2014, government has been granting extensions to the off-shore…
PORVORIM: State Cabinet today decided to transfer the Sanjivani Sugar Factory from Cooperative department to Agriculture department. Addressing press conference post meeting, the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that the cabinet has taken the decision to transfer to factory to Agriculture department. Government had on Tuesday announced that the factory will not be shut down and options like running on public private partnership (PPP) model would be explored. The factory is currently non- operational. Agriculture Minister also informed that the government is also looking at other perspectives on whether to run the factory on PPP model or by using…
Mumbai, September 23, 2020: Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance Industries”) and Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (“RRVL”) announced today that global investment firm KKR will invest ₹ 5,550 crore into RRVL, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. This investment values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of ₹ 4.21 lakh crore. KKR’s investment will translate into a 1.28% equity stake in RRVL on a fully diluted basis. This marks the second investment by KKR in a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, following a ₹ 11,367 crore investment in Jio Platforms announced earlier this year. Reliance Retail Limited, a subsidiary of RRVL, operates India’s…