In a major relief to the unemployed during COVID lockdown, the ESI Corporation in its 182nd meeting held today has resolved to grant unemployment allowance to the Insured Persons for the lockdown period under the Atal Bimit Vyakthi Kalyan Yojana. The conditions of this Scheme have also been relaxed so as to extend the benefit to more number of employees. The relaxed eligibility conditions are as under: The Insured Person should have been in insurable employment for a minimum period of two years immediately before the unemployment. Contribution should have been made at least for 78 days in the contribution…
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After almost two and half months Mangor hill will breath a sigh of relief as the micro containment zone has been lifted following assurance given by Chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Wednesday. The South Goa Collector issued the order withdrawing the micro containment zone in Mangor hill and so also in the Khariwado, Vasco. Mangor hill was notified as a containment zone on June 3. The order of de-notification of the containment zones was issued on Wednesday by Collector Ajit Roy. On August 9, while the administration had withdrawn Mangor hill from the Containment zones only a part of…
Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte has warned that the soil erosion and landslides have to be taken seriously failing which, there could be a bigger disaster in the waiting. “The news regarding tree cutting, soil erosion and repeated mudslides in the hills of Baga & Sinquerim needs to be viewed seriously failing which a big disaster is waiting to happen. Blatant cutting of trees in these hill areas engaging labourers despite being under dispute in High Court cannot take place without powerful political backing,” Khaunte wrote on his blog. He added that this act is a direct challenge to the locals…
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the recovered COVID19 patient poses no threat to others and they should not be stigmatized. The chief minister while interacting with recovered COVID19 patients said that COVID is now in the minds of people. “Having received feedback from several quarters about the discrimination that is happening with some of the recovered COVID19 patients, I decided to have a candid interaction with them in Panjim today. People from across the state who were infected by the Coronavirus and later recovered came and shared their experience,” he said. CM said he was happy…
The COVID 19 cases took another huge jump on Thursday with 424 new cases while the deaths came down to 2. The total recoveries today were 350. As per the DHS bulletin 67 years Male from Dabolim admitted at Goa Medical College Bambolim, with co-morbid condition is expired yesterday, 45 yers Mile from Mandur, admitted at Gou Medical College Bambolim, with co-morbid conditions expired today, Out of 3144 Samples, 2209 are Negative, 424 are Positive and 511 reports are awaited At present patients in Isolation wards are 96 and people Quarantined at Various Residencia/Hotel- 31. The confirmed cases now have…
MARGAO: With a surge in COVID-19 cases at Margao, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has stated that operations at Hospicio Hospital will be shifted to New South Goa District Hospital and the old hospital will be used as COVID hospital for Pre-Natal & Ante-Natal activities. Rane informed that this new facility will be operational by September 1, 2020. “The Government is taking all necessary measures to fight the virus and provide our citizens with quality health care services. The Govt has prepared another battleground to combat the virus.” said Rane He said, “Operations at Hospicio Hospital will be shifted to New…
PANJIM: To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and provide quality care to the impacted individuals, the Health department has roped in Sodexo as the food services partner to take care of the Nutrition and Dietary needs of the COVID-impacted patients. Accordingly, Sodexo with its team of 200+ professionals will be responsible for providing therapeutic dietary services at these 800-bedded facilities, namely ESIC COVID-19 hospital, Margao; Sub-District Hospital, Ponda and any other COVID hospitals in the city till such time that the pandemic is under control. “We are taking all necessary measures to prepare the state in fighting the virus and its…