Panaji: August 4, 2016 … The Department  Civil Supplies has informed that the ration card holders & the beneficiaries in the state  will be  allotted festival quota during the month of September, 2016 under NFSA (AAY and PHH) , Tide Over(APL), Annapurna (ANP)& Welfare Institution as under.

Panaji: August 3, 2016 …. Shri Shri Siddharth Kuncolienkar, MLA Panaji, recently inaugurated the State level Symposium on correct norms of Infant and young child feeding practices IMS Act at Nalanda Hall EDC House at Panaji.

The program was organized by Community Food and Nutrition Extension Unit, Food and Nutrition Board member of Women and Child Development, Government of India, in coordination with State Government Agencies.

The theme of this year’s celebration is Breast feeding- A key for sustainable Development.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Kuncolienkar highlighted the importance of symposiums and said such symposiums will help the public to know much about correct norms of Infant and young child feeding practices.

Earlier Mrs Sangita Rane Officer in-charge of Food and Nutrition Board welcomed the guests and delegates and spoke about the importance of celebration. Speaking further she said that maximum awareness among the masses on breast feeding will help to curtail the Infant mortality rate.

Mrs Varsha Naik, Assistant Professor Goa college of Home Science presented talk on Disseminating correct norms on Infant and young child feeding practices, IMS Act. Dr Lourrine D’sa, consultant and lecturer Goa Medical College delivered talk on Breast feeding, A Key for sustainable development.

 A mini exhibition on the  theme “complementary food and Breast feeding” was displayed on the occasion.

Ms. Vaibhavi Rane compered the function and  Mrs Nita Rane proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji, August 2nd, 2016….. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javdekar recently inaugurated Indian Institute of Technology, Goa. He also laid the foundation stone for IIT Goa Students’ Hostel. ReTeks

The newly set up IIT Goa shall function from temporary campus at Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi and will be mentored by IIT Mumbai.

Panaji: August 1st ,2016 …. The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has said that the disease of cervical cancer is haunting the women as it taking toll of death of women. The  cases of this  disease are  increasing  and therefore it is necessary  to take precautionary measures to arrest the same. The Chief Minister also called upon the gynecologists and the Oncologists to come out with effective solution to get rid of this menace

Panaji July  31,2016 …. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has said  traffic safety awareness is the need of the hour  and therefore all possible measures should be adopted to educate the masses on traffic safety awareness. He said the figures of road fatalities in Goa are alarming and the State has lost many precious lives specially the youth who are assets of the state.

The Chief Minister was speaking was speaking at the inauguration of road safety awareness lectures at Goa Police Gazetted Officers institute at Altinho Panaji today. The lectures will be conducted every Saturday in Panaji and at Margao.

Speaking further the Chief Minister said students play a vital role and if a student is educated on road safety he can educate his parents and surrounding. He advised the Police not to limit this awareness drive upto Panaji and Margao but to take it in the remote places such as Pernem to Canacona for wider awareness.

Earlier in his welcome address, Director General of  Police Dr. Muktesh Chandar said that the Goa Police will try its best to inculcate habit of road safety in Goa. He also said that road engineering defect also needs to be corrected for smooth flow of traffic. Dy. Inspector General of Police Shri Vimal Anand Gupta was also present.

Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Smt. Suman Goel compered and later proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji: 30/07/2016 …. Chief Minister, Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has said Government is committed to provide valuable education to the students of Goa. The IIT, Goa which will be inaugurated at Farmagudi tomorrow is one of the initiative in this direction he said. Various initiatives and schemes are launched to raise the quality education in the state, he added.

Shri Parsekar was speaking at the distribution of financial Assistance to the students under the ‘Sant Sohirobanath Ambiye Duyanvriddhi Shishyavrutti (Bursary Scheme) at Seminar Hall, Secretariat, Porvorim, today.

Earlier, Director of Education Shri Gajanan Bhatt and Shri Venkat, CEO, Shantilal Mukta Foundation signed the MOU aimed at Value education and Yoga Education in Primary Government School. The Government has selected 200 Government Primary Schools on a pilot basis and the students will be trained by Master resources persons.

Speaking further, Shri Parsekar said no student will remain uneducated for want of finance in Goa. Government is doing its best to bring quality education and have initiated various concepts to bring value education right from the primary level.  Government aims to have value education from primary level to develop and improve their personality and be conversant with the cultural ethos of this civilized society and just not go for merely bookish knowledge, he remarked.

Chief Minister disbursed financial assistance to the tune of Rs 40,000 each to 334 students. Total 490 students benefited under the schemes.

Shri Virendra Kumar, IAS, Secretary Education, , Shri Bhaskar Nayak, Director Higher Education, Shri Ganjanan Bhat, Director Education were present on the occasion.

Shri Shripad Patnekar, Chairman Goa Education Development Corporation welcomed the guests.

Panaji: July 29, 2016 … Home Department has made arrangement of Kadamba buses bearing registration No.GA-03-X-291 and GA-03-X-303. The bus bearing registration No. GA-03-X-0291 will be parked near “Hutatma Chowk” Mapusa at 8.00 am on August 15, 2016. The bus will collect the Freedom Fighters from Mapusa and drop them at Panaji to attend the Independence Day function at 8.45 am.

After the function at Old Secretariat, Panaji, the following buses parked near Old Secretariat, Panaji will proceed to Patradevi. The contact details of the drivers are as follows: Bus No.GA-03-X-291 driver  Shri. Prasad Chari, Batch No.10903, contac. No.9403176300; and bus No. GA-03-X-303, driver Shri Shri. Satchit N .Parab, Batch No.5326,Contac.  No.8412877508.

After the function at 12.30 pm. at Patradevi, both the buses will then return to Panaji with the Freedom Fighters.

 Panaji: July 28, 2016 … The Directorate of Art and Culture has organized all Goa  Matoli frames, and Dekhawa competitions during Ganesh Festival in Goa with an objective to promote and preserve the age old tradition of Matoli frames and Dekhawa presentation on scenes on historical and mythological stories.

The Matoli decoration competition will be for individuals  households only which will be conducted from the 3rd to the 6^th day of Ganesh Chaturthi Festival. 1^st prize Rs. 15,000/-, 2^nd prize Rs. 10,000/-, and 3^rd prize Rs. 7500/-. There will be five consolation prizes of Rs. 5,000/-  each.

The Dekhawa presentation competition will be only for Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandals. The same will be conducted form the 7^th to the 10^th day of Ganesh Chaturthi Festival. 1^st prize Rs. 25,000/-, 2^nd prize Rs. 20,000/- and 3^rd prize Rs. 15000/- .Also five consolation prizes of Rs. 7,000/- each will be awarded. However, in absence of significant number of participants, the department reserves the right to hold or to cancel the competition.

Interested individuals and Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandals may collect the application forms for participating in the competition, from the office of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji (ph.2404640), Ravindra Bhavan Curchorem, Margao, Baina Vasco, Sankhali and Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir, Ponda  from August 1, 2016 and submit the duly filled forms in all respect by August 16, 2016.

Panaji: July 27, 2016 …. Press Council of India has announced National Awards for Excellence in Journalism on the Golden Jubilee Commemoration of the Press Council.

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Panaji: July 26, 2016 …. The date for inviting applications from the non LPG beneficiaries to register themselves and avail subsidized kerosene supply and benefits of DBTK Scheme of the Government of India has been further extended till July 30, 2016.

The ration card holders who are not having LPG connection and thus eligible for kerosene supply are requested to select any one existing Fair Price Shop nearest to them, having license to sell Kerosene and re-register/enroll themselves to avail subsidized kerosene supply and benefits of DBTK Scheme of the Government of India at the respective Taluka Civil Supplies offices of the Department of Civil Supplies. Prescribed forms are available in the respective Taluka Offices and are also downloadable form the department website: www.goacivilsupplies.gov.in

Help Line No.1967, 18002330022 and talukawise Contact Nos. are Pernem 2201700, Salcete 2725099, Bardez 2266720, Mormugao 2500550, Tiswadi 2220225, Quepem 2662500, Ponda 2319341, Canacona 2644425, Bicholim 2360500, Sanguem 2604090, Sattari 2374900, Dharbandora 2614021.