Panaji: August 6, 2018 … The Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar launched Wi-Fi services at Secretariat Complex and Ministers’ Block commissioned and installed by the Department of Information and Technology in collaboration with General Administration Department, Government of Goa, in the presence of Minister for IT and Revenue, Shri Rohan Khaunte on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Parrikar said the launch of the project is in pursuance of the Digital Initiative of the Prime Minister, ShriNarendra Modi. Shri Parrikar further said the secured and fast Wi-Fi will help in speeding up the administration work.

Shri Khaunte said that the Government has also plans to extend the Wi-Fi facility to Government Departments, schools, colleges in a phased manner wherever GBBN connectivity is provided. Shri Khaunte further informed that the proposed Wi-Fi solution is scalable upto 10,000 APs, across the state and can be integrated with the GBBN network.

The salient features of Wi-Fi include present internet bandwidth which is 100 Mbps which is scalable upto 10 Gbps and supports voice video and data. Guest users can login using mobile number and can use internet for one hour duration.

Panaji :August 07,2018 … Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar Launches GTDC’s Goa’s first and exclusive mobile app based taxi service ‘GOAMILES’ ‘at the secretariat Porvorim on Monday.

Minister for Tourism, Shri Manohar alias Babu Azgaonkar, Chairman Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), Shri Nilesh Cabral, Secretary for Tourism, Shri Sheo Pratap Singh, IAS, Director of Department of Tourism, Shri Menino D’Souza and  Managing Director ,GTDC, Shri Nikhil Desai  were  present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Parrikar said that with this new App launched, potential of business will multiply two to three times and also the income for the taxi owners will also proliferate .Shri Parrikar further said that this will guarantee  no potential of cheating for customers as it  is app based service. He further informed that Taxi drivers will not have to pay from their pocket as charges will be recovered from consumers and the drivers will get their full fare.

Shri  Azgaonkar expressing his happiness over the launch of Goa’s First mobile app based service GOA MILES said that it  will offer a better experience to customers by making the taxi fare payment easy and secure. Shri Azgaonkar said that around 2000 to 3000 taxi operators have already joined under this service  and further requested all taxi owners from all across the state to come under this service.

The launch of ‘GOAMILES’ will bring about a revolutionary change in travel in and around Goa for both tourists and locals and provide benefit to taxi drivers serving under the new initiative. ‘GOAMILES’ will provide the convenience of booking a taxi immediately upon arrival in the state at reasonable, Government approved rates. The ‘GOAMILES’ app can be downloaded from Google play store or apple store.

‘GOAMILES’ has made sure that these service also benefits the taxi drivers equally by not charging anything from their revenues, as against the popular trend elsewhere in India and world over. Taxi drivers will receive payment on a daily basis.

  Panaji: August 07, 2018 … The prospectus of R-ANM program for the year 2018-19 will be available at the Office of the  Principal, Institute of Nursing Education, Bambolim from August 13, 2018 during office hours between 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 m. For further details visit website www.dhsgoa.gov.in

The last date for submission of complete application forms along with testimonials is August 27, 2018 by 4.00 p.m. The program is open only for females. The cost of the prospectus is Rs.200/-. The academic session begins on October 1, 2018.