Panaji:- December 13,2016 …. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar inaugurated Assonora Sports Complex which was organized by Directorate of Sports and Youths Affairs at Assonora yestarday.

Chief Minister said that in the field of Sports, Government has taken up several projects and programmes for the benefit of the sports person in the state. He excited the players to take full care of the ground.

Director of Sports Shri V.M Parbhudesai, while speaking on the occasion said that Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs has always provide necessary Sports facilities and Sport infrastructure to players.

MLA of Tivim Constituency , Shri Kiran Kandolkar expressed his happiness and said that the all players should make maximum use of this ground.

MLA of Tivim Constituency , Shri Kiran Kandolkar, Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, Shri V.M Parbhudesai, GSIDC Manager, Shri Sandeep Chodankar, Sarpanch of Assonora Village Panchayat , Smt. Sapana Mapari and other  Z P Members ,Village |Panchayat   Sarpanch  and Panch members were among those who were present at the function.

Sarpanch of Village Panchayat Smt. Sapana Mapari welcomed the gathering, comparing by Zurina Gracias Mascarenhas and Shri. Pravi Bugde proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji: December 12, 2016 … Apprenticeship Programme is essential to develop skill in youths and also to acquire knowledge stated Chief Minister Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar. The Chief Minister was speaking after distributing apprentice offer letters to pass out students of various Government Industrial Training Institutes of state through National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme at  Appresticeship Bharti Mela programme organised by Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship at Government Multipurpose College Hall, Borda Margao. 320 students from various ITI’s across State were given apprenticeship offer letters. 52 Industries have participated in this scheme.

Others present on the occasion were Shri. Virendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri. Manish Gosalia, Chairman, Institute Management Committee, Government ITI, Margao and Shri. Alexio F Da Costa, Director, Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Shri. Parsekar said, Government is giving special attention to improve the functioning of ITI’s in the State and has also taken keen interest in Skill India Mission an initiative of Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. Shri. Parsekar said, to achieve success in life one has to acquire skill and especially while venturing into entrepreneurship it is important to develop special skill. Goan youths are filled with various types of skills. However there is a need to polish and develop this skills and by taking this into consideration and to establish connectivity of skilled youths with Business Houses Government has started National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme.

Shri. Parsekar said to facilitate and give boost to entrepreneurs Economic Development Corporations satellite office for South Goa at Margao will be opened soon. Shri. Parsekar informed that, Government is giving financial help to 150 entrepreneurs every month through Chief Ministers Rojgar Yojana and also through OBC and ST Corporations. Integrity, attitude, discipline, punctuality and performance if shown while serving as apprentice will surely help to develop yourself as independent entrepreneur and one can become ideal to other youths Shri. Parsekar said.

Shri. Manish Gosalia said that youths need to take responsibilities and upgrade knowledge and skills quickly. There is nothing wrong in making mistakes but we have to learn from mistakes Shri. Gosalia added. Shri. Alexio F Da Costa, Director, Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship welcomed the gathering.

Panaji:- December 10, 2016 …. Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar felicitated Shri Laxman Pai with the “Gomant Vibhushan Award”, the Highest Civilian Award of the State, in Panaji on Friday. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the paintings of Shri Laxman Pai, which are on exhibit at Kala Academy in Panaji.

The Chief Minister while addressing the gathering said that Goa is small in size but was filled with talented people. He said that Shri Laxman Pai is awarded in various countries but felicitation in his own home state was necessary. He said that Shri Pai is an inspiration to artists to start their career by keeping image of such great personality in their life.

An audio visual documentary film on Shri Laxman Pai was screened on the occasion. The Minister of Art and Culture, Shri Dayanand Mandrekar, Leader of Opposition, Shri Pratapsingh  Rane, and Secretary, Art and Culture, Shri Daulat Hawaldar  were among those who were present at the function .    

Secretary, Art and Culture, Shri Daulat Hawaldar welcomed the gathering. Shri Govind Bhagat compered the programme while Director of Art and Culture, Shri Prasad Lolyekar proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji, December 9, 2016 … ‘Vidhan Sabha Kamkaj Margdarshika’ an informative booklet about functioning of Legislative Assembly in Konkani, printed by Directorate of Official Language will be released by Chief Minister by Shri Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday December 12, 2016 at Nalanda hall, EDC House, Panaji at 10.00 a.m in the distinguished presence of the Speaker of Goa Assembly Shri. Anant Shet, Minister for Environment and Forest, Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Minister for Official Language, Shri. Milind Naik, Secretary of Official language Smt. Padma Jaiswal and Director of Official language, Dr. Prakash Vazrikar.

Panaji:-December 08, 2016 …. Minister for Water Resource Department Shri Dayanand  Mandrekar felicited the Yuva Srujan Puraskar Awardees 2016 at the function held at Directorate of Art and Culture, Sanskruti Bhavan ,Patto Panaji which was organized by Directorate of Art and Culture yesterday.

On the occasion Secretary Art and Culture Shri  Daulat Hawaldar was also present.

Minister for Art and Culture Shri Dayanand  Mandrekar while addressing the gathering  greeted the awardees and appreciated the work of Art and Culture for  encouraging the Goan Artist  by Felicitating them at young age as it is the important duty for promoting the State Artists.

Shri  Daulat Hawaldar congratulated the awardees and lauded them for their efforts and dedication in their respective field .

           Recipients of Yuva Srujan Puraskar Awardees 2016-17 are Shri Vishnu alias Anand Naik (Music),Shri. Swapnesh H. Vaigankar (fine Art),Shri Pandurang  F. Gaonkar (Literature),Shri Aadhi Vishal (Fine Art), Smt. Antonieta D’melo (Tiatr),Kum. Frederika Menezes (Literature), Shri Prashant Madhukar Satarkar (Drama) and  Shri Pralhad Raghuvir Gawas (Music).

           Director of Art and Culture Shri. Prasad Lolyekar  welcomed the gathering, comparing by Premanand Naik and Deputy Director of Art and Culture Shri Ashok Parab Proposed Vote of thanks.

Panaji: December 7, 2016 … State Youth festival to be held at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir Ponda on December 14 and 15, 2016.

The North District Youth Festival was held at Ravindra Bhavan, Sankhali on November 24 and 25, 2016.

The South District Youth Festival was held at Ravindra Bhavan, Fatorda on November 30, and December 1, 2016.

Approximately 2600 youth participated in the 4 days festival. The winners of the North and South District youth festival have qualified for the State youth festival to be held at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir, Ponda.

Panaji: December 6, 2016 …. Yuva Samvad Yojana is a scheme which will give access to education, skills and employment and will benefit around 1.5 lakhs youth of the State stated Chief Minister Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar. This scheme is designed specially by focusing on the future of the youth Shri. Parsekar said.

He was speaking after launching the Yuva Samvad Yojana at function for South Goa youth in Gogal, Margao. This is a unique scheme for youth of 16 to 30 years of age who will be provided with free mobile SIM card, 100 minutes talk time per month and mobile data.

Others present on the occasion were MLA Shri. Caetano Silva, MLA Shri. Rajan Naik, Zilla Panchayat member of Davorlim Shri. Ulhas Tuyenkar, Director of Information Technology Shri. Amey Abhyankar, Shri. Damu Naik, Shri. Sharmad Raiturkar, Shri. Siddhesh Naik, Head, Vodafone Business Services Shri. Mahesh Menon, Head, Government Segment, Vodafone India Shri. Shekhar Agarwal and others. This scheme is started by Department of Information and Technology in Collaboration with Goa Electronics Limited and Vodafone a mobile network Company.

Speaking further Shri. Parsekar said that, cyber literacy in the State has gone up as a result of Cyber Age scheme which was started under leadership of Ex Chief Minister and present Defence Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar. Yuva Samvad Yojana Scheme is a first of its kind in the Country and that is why it is very much important. Employment in the State will be created on large scale in the field of Information Technology Shri. Parsekar said. Government has tried its best to reach to all sectors of the society he added.

Shri. Amey Abhaynkar in his welcome speech said that this scheme is designed under Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modis programmme ‘Digital India’. All youths who are resident of State, minimum from last 5 years, will be benefited under the scheme. Initially ten outlets of Vodafone in State will provide this schemes and in addition special camps in colleges will be organized Shri. Abhaynkar informed. The only document required to obtain this scheme is Adhar Card he said.

Shri. Shekhar Agarwal said that Vodafone Company will provide free M-Pesa wallet with this scheme by which youths can pay bills and other types of fees online. Chief Minister released forms for this scheme and distributed it to youth representatives.

Panaji: December 4, 2016 …. Government has initiated steps to give full time independent heads to all Government educational institutions across Goa and in days to come all educational institutions from High School till Colleges will get qualified and efficient independent heads declared Chief Minister Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar. Government is expending crores of rupees for the development of educational sector in State and that expenditure is important and worth. Government is carrying out its responsibility in proper manner, the rest lies is in the hands of teachers and students to maintain the facilities provided to them urged Shri. Parsekar. He was speaking after inaugurating new building for Government College of Commerce and Economics in Borda Margao.

Others present on the occasion were MLA of Fatorda Constituency Shri. Vijay Sardessai, MLA of Margao Constituency Shri. Digamber Kamat, Chairperson of Margao Municipal Council Dr. Babita Prabhudessai, Secretary for Education IAS Smt. Nila Mohanan, Chairman of Advisory committee of College Shri. Damu Naik, Vice Chancellor of Goa University Dr. Varun Sahani, Managing Director of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Shri. Sanjit Rodrigues, Director for Higher Education Shri. Bhaskar Nayak, Officiating Principal Dr. Fatima De Souza and others.

Further speaking Shri. Parsekar said that Government has given priority to education and for making every institution of the State a role model Government is putting in all efforts. Earlier common man was looking at Government educational institutions as secondary class but now by providing state of the art infrastructure and facilities, government has achieved success in changing this mindset. Now Government institutions are standing on par with private institutions and competing with them, Shri. Parsekar said. He also said that once a teacher always a teacher, so teacher during working hour’s concept is now wiped out. Teachers should understand some genuine reasons of the students and try to solve it, Shri. Parsekar urged. It is a need to come out with educated and cultured generation to take forward Goa as a role model State to other States.

Shri. Digamber Kamat said that India will be superpower only through education and for this every citizen should be educated. Teachers and also students should be dedicated to produce good citizens he said. Shri. Vijay Sardessai said that youths need to be agents of change in the society. He urged students to protect democracy and idea of India and said that he is very much happy as the modern building of education is set up in his Fatorda Constituency .

Dr. Varun Sahani said that there is no greater sign of progress then new educational premises. Every citizen should be partner in teaching and learning process of society he said. Dr. Babita Prabhudessai, Smt. Nila Mohanan and Shri. Damu Naik also spoke on the occasion. Shri. Bhaskar Nayak welcomed the gathering while Dr. Maria De Souza proposed vote of thanks.

This new building project has been designed to be a full fledged College providing facilities for Commerce and Economics Education under one roof  along with library, multipurpose hall with green room, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan hall, Admin block etc. This gound plus three stories building was designed at a cost of Rs. 13.12 Crores.

Panaji : December 4, 2016 …. Pre-registration on the GST Portal ‘gst.gov.in’ for the  dealers registered under the Goa VAT Act has started from November 14, 2016 and the link till December 7, 2016 at 8.00pm.

Those registered dealers who have not collected sealed envelopes containing login credentials provisional user ID and password from the Ward offices are requested to collect the same immediately from the respective Ward Offices and complete the pre-registration process by November 7, 2016.

Login credentials have been generated for those dealers who are registered under the Goa VAT Act on or before September 26, 2016 and whose PAN details are correct/complete, issuance of login credentials to the dealers registered after September 26, 2016 and to dealers whose PAN details are not correct/complete,   would be taken up in the second phase to be notified subsequently.

For further assistance, kindly contact helpdesk at respective word office. Kindly read FAQ available on website www.goacomtax.gov.in for pre-registration.