Panaji November 12, 2016 … Directorate of Art and Culture has organised State level Crib competition during Christmas from December 26 to 30, 2016

The Crib competition will be organized in two categories i.e.  Institutions/Group Cribs made by institutions, clubs, parishes or by a group of people. and  Individuals/Household Cribs made at a house or beside the house by an individual or within a family.

The winners of the competition will be awarded cash prizes along with the certificate. The prizes for Institution/Group Category are- 1st Prize- Rs. 25,000/-, 2nd Prize- Rs.20,000/-, 3rd Prize- Rs. 15,000/- and Five Consolation Prizes of Rs. 7,000/- each. For Individuals/Household Category, the prizes are 1st Prize- Rs. 15,000/-, 2nd Prize- Rs.10,000/-, 3rd Prize- Rs. 7,500/- and Five Consolation Prizes of Rs. 5000/- each.

The individuals/associations who are interested in participating in this Crib Competition may collect the application forms from  November 17, 2016 from the office of the Directorate of Art & Culture, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji, Ravindra Bhavan-Margao, Fatorda and Ravindra Bhavan-Curchorem, and submit the duly filled forms on or before December 16, 2016.

November 11, 2016 … The media fraternity in Goa will observe the National Press Day on November 16. The theme of National Press Day for the year is “Reporting from Conflict Area a Challenge for Media”.

The day has been observed every year to coincide with the foundation day of the Press Council of India.

Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar will inaugurate the National Press Day celebrations at a function to be held at Surendra Babu Timble Convention Hall, Goa Chamber of Commerce, Panaji  on November 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Shri Daulat A. Hawaldar,(IAS), Secretary, Information and Publicity will be the guest of honour . The Department of Information and Publicity in collaboration with the Goa Editors’ Guild, the Goa Union of Journalists, Photo Journalists Association Goa, Electronic Media Journalists Association, Sports Journalists Association, South Goa Journalists Association will organise the event.

Shri Shekhar Gupta, Chairperson and Editor in Chief of ThePrint, New Delhi will be the Key note speaker who will speak on the theme “Reporting from Conflict Area a Challenge for Media”. Senior Journalists, Smt. Devika Sequeira, Smt. Pamela D’Mello, Shri Sudhakar Naik and Shri Paul John Fernandes will be felicitated on the occasion for their contribution in Journalism field at the hands of Chief Minister.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister will present laptops, cameras and Sanction letters to the journalists and Photo Contest Awards to the winners which has been organised by the Department of Information and Publicity.

The 16th of November – is symbolic of a free and responsible press in India. This was the day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog to ensure that not only did the press maintain the high standards expected from this powerful medium but also that it was not fettered by the influence or threats of any extraneous factors.

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Shri Rane also felicitated Major Cristopher James and Subhedar Subhash Kankal for their remarkable contribution to NCC.

Altogether 480 cadets (360 Boys and 120 girls) from different colleges and high schools participated in the training.

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November 9, 2016 …. As per the directions issued by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety dated August 18, 2015, the motor vehicle rules are made stricter.

The Goa Traffic Police had booked one youth on November 11 near Magson Super market and challan was issued vide CR 21(25) R/W 184 CR 125(2), of M.V. Rule and U/s 190,196 of M.V. Act 1988, for using mobile phone while riding his motor cycle. The violator was found having invalid insurance, without PUC and rear mirror.  The M.V. challan was compounded by the violator.

The Police have now requested the Department of Transport to suspend the license of the defaulter for a period of not less than three months u/s 19 of the  Motor Vehicle Act 1988 read with rule 21 of Central Vehicles Rules 1989.

Panaji, November, 9, 2016 … The Government of Goa on Tuesday 8th of november signed the concession agreement with GMR Airport Limited for developing of the Greenfield International Airport at Mopa in Pernem taluka.

The agreement was signed by Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar and the Chairperson of the Airports, GMR Group, Shri Srinivas Bommidala at a function held in Bambolim,in the presence of Smt. Nila Mohanan, IAS, Secretary, Civil Aviation, Shri Suresh Shanbhogue, Director, Directorate of Civil Aviation, Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Minister for Forest, Environment and Panchayat , Shri R Sheshan, CEO, GMR Goa International Airports Ltd. , Shri. Sidharth Kuncalienker, MLA of Panaji, Mauvin Godinho, MLA of Dabolim and others.  

The day also coincided with the completion of two years of the Government of Goa under the leadership of Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar. While speaking on the occasion, Shri Parsekar, said, “The signing of this agreement is a feather in the cap of my government’s achievements. The airport will be a boost to Goa’s economy, tourism and most importantly will create jobs for the locals.”

The Chief Secretary of Goa, Shri R.K Srivastava highlighted the state’s achievements and said, “Goa has seen rapid growth in physical and social infrastructure. The state has successfully hosted the Lusofonia Games, Defence Expo, BRICS Summit, BRICS football tournament, which has demonstrated what we have achieved in a short span of time.”

The Chairperson of the Airports, GMR Group, Shri Srinivas Bommidala said, “Our growth journey has been driven by a single minded focus of ‘Being the best, not necessarily the biggest’. This motto has found its way into how we conduct each part of our business.” Shri Bommidala spoke of how winning the bid for Mopa airport was a very significant milestone for them, “The win is as much a win for the state of Goa as it is for us. Bid processes for large PPP processes are fairly complicated. However, the leadership shown the Government of Goa in providing policy clarity and addressing concerns of the bidders was indeed exemplary.”

On the occasion, ‘Towards A New Horizon’, a short documentary film by Department of Information and Publicity highlighting the achievements of the Goa Government was screened.

PANAJI: 8th november 2016…..  The Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) in association with Atarva Ved Club, Altinho kicked off a vacation grassroots football training camp at Joggers Park Ground, Altinho on Sunday. It is being held for the age group of 6 to 14 years. This camp is being held in collaboration with the GFDC-Corlim centre. This three weeks free football coaching camp will conclude on November 25.

A total of 45 boys were present for the inauguration of the camp as Panaji MLA, Siddharth Kuncalienkar inaugurated in the presence of CCP Councillor, Pundalik Raut Dessai and GFDC Chairman, Dr Rufino Monteiro.

Pundalik appealed to the parents to support their wards in their desire to play, in particular by attending to their diet and recovery from any injury. Dr Monteiro expressed his determination to start a football training centre in Panaji as soon as a ground is available. “I want to start a GFDC centre in Panaji and will do as soon as a ground is available. The local MLA is developing grounds and we can start our centre at one of those ground,” said Dr Moteiro.

Kuncalienkar was happy to see the young boys at the camp and asked the parents to involve their children in physical games instead of wasting time on computer games, TV cartoons and mobile phones.

Panaji :November 8, 2016 … The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu recently chaired the meeting   held with the Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar along with the authorities of South Western Railways and Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. in the Secretariat at Porvorim.

The objective of the meeting was to discuss about the construction of overhead railway bridges and doubling of railway track laid down across the state.

It has been brought to the notice of the state Government that several railway crossings at different places in the state have been causing problems to the general public hence the need for the construction of overhead bridges was to felt. In order to resolve the problem, the Ministry of Railways had sanctioned overhead bridges and underground roads besides doubling of railway track in the state.

At the meeting, various aspects such as feasibility of areas for the construction overhead bridges, underground roads and doubling of railway track were also discussed. The aspect of acquisition of land without causing any hardship to the general public was also discussed at the meet.

Shri Rajan Naik, MLA Cuncolim, Shri R.K. Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Shri Swapnil Naik, Collector South Goa, Shri Daulat Hawaldar Secy. Information, Shri Sudhir Mahajan, Secy. Revenue, Shri Venancio Furtado, Director of land Surveys, Shri Johnson Fernandes, Addl. Collector South,   Shri Rajendrakumar, Director Works, KRC, Shri L. Prabhu, KRC, Shri Sanjay Gupta, CMD, Shri A.K. Gupta, CMD, SWR were among those who attended the meet.

Panaji :November 7, 2016 …. Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken suo-moto action about the news from the print media about vandalisation of hutments of Wanarmare families at Nirankal village near Ponda.

Two members Smt. Sujata  Bhatkar and Audrey Pinto visited the site and interacted with the children and their parents

           The Commission has taken serious note of the issue of child rights and will take up the matter on priority basis with the concerned authorities.

Panaji, November 7, 2016 …. “The cashew crop is not a simple market, where turnkey solutions are available to be implemented. Its market is a cumbersome sequence of events. And so its farmers need the support of the government and the Goa Government has extended its support to its farmers by offering them minimum support prices for their crops,” said Shri R.K. Srivastava, Chief Secretary of Goa, while speaking at the inauguration of the national conference ‘Cashew and Cocoa: Production to Marketing’, at a city hotel in Panaji on Monday. It was organised by the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development and Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa.

Shri R.K. Srivastava expressed happiness that the conference was hosting not just policy planners and administrators but also progressive farmers. He explained further how even the banking sector were trying to help farmers through loans and schemes. “We will interact more with them to structure schemes for the benefit of the farmer. The Goa Government has already given smart cards or Krishi cards to its farmers so that they don’t have to face any problems of producing documents, again and again to avail of benefits.”

The Chief Secretary added, “There’s a need to provide farmers with one platform where they can get information on the latest technology for their crops, and also where they can integrate into a marketing network.”

 Dr Venkatesh Hubballi, Director, Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development, said that the aim of the conference was to discuss confronting issues in production, processing and exporting of the cashew and cocoa crops and to discuss strategies for the future development of these crops in India.

Dr S.K. Malhotra, Commissioner for Agriculture and Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, reminded everyone of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of need to double the income of farmers.  He said, “One way of doing that is focusing on high value crops like cashew, cocoa and spices.

A book on Cashews was released on the occasion and a souvenir commemorating the 50 years of the Cashewnut and Cocoa Development, Cochin was released. Farmers were felicitated from across India. Shri Rohan Joshi was felicitated from Goa.

Also present were Shri Ulhas B. Pai Kakode, Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Goa, Shri Mankazana, Minister Counsellor South African Embassy, Dr C.Vasudevappa, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences, Shimoga, Dr M. Gangadhar Rao, Director, DRC, Puttur, Dr P. Sundaran, Chairperson, Cashew Export Promotion Council of India.

Shri Shrikant Mone, Farm Superintendent Government Agricultural Farm, Codar, Ponda, compered the program.