Golf is an Olympic discipline & there are 06 medals to win at Olympics. In Goa, we require at least one Golf Course says Roque Dias former ED,SAI & Dy.Director General,CWG,2010, who was handling the Central Golf Project, in Delhi.

For a start, we require at least one 18-hole Golf Course & Driving Range – for which an area of over 120 acres is required, for hosting an international Golf Championship, so as to promote Goan Golfer & even to attract domestic as well as international tourists, besides grass root training & Golf for leisure elderly persons & enormous employment for Goans.

Interestingly, Golf courses usually have a Golf club & restaurant or cafe facilities. The Golf course can be developed under BOT (Built, Operate & Transfer). The Goan Golf enthusiastic ought to come forward to form Goa Golf Association & register with the state Government, & then subsequently convert into Goa Golf Gymkhana. Further, they can demand for a requisite place with the support of apex body–Indian Golf Union & in collaboration with the state Govt. for an 18-hole Golf facility, which includes bodies of water, hard structures & out-of-play areas.

Goan Corporates including big Hotels should come forward to support this Discipline. The Golf course even can be built without Resort/5-star Hotel, which mean against TCP proposed plan. Interestingly, Delhi Golf Club employed 560 staff for the smooth running of the Club, & Goa can generate similar employment.

Two decades back Goa & North-East states were considered as backward in Sports & today North-East are medal winners in Olympics and Goa lagged behind and only thing achieved is rampant influx outsiders in Goa.

Instead of people protesting on Roads, Eminent NGOs like Claude Alvares & others should support Golf discipline for development of sports so as to promote promising Goan Golfers to represent India in Olympics.

Further, some plans to combat the environmental impact of creating the Golf course, adequate water supplies, replanting of trees etc.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi has been celebrating Women’s Day every year by facilitating eminent women with a National award called ‘‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’’. The awards will be awarded  on March 8, 2023 on the occasion of International women’s day.            .
Directorate of Women Child development has invited applications for Nari Shakti Award. Nominations for the awards will be received only through a designated website i.e. www.awards.gov.in. The link of the website will also be available on the official website of the Ministry of Women and Child Development  www.wcd.nic.in applications received other than online mode will not be entertained. The portal will be opened from July 1 to October31 of every calendar year.

 The awards are open to all individuals, the applicant should not be  in receipt of the same award earlier (including Stree Shakti Puruskar as were awarded by the Ministry earlier). The Nari Shakti Puraskar may be awarded for outstanding work, preferably in exceptional circumstances to individuals in the areas of economic and social empowerment of women or pertaining to this theme or incidental thereto. An award may also be given to a State or Union Territory, which is appreciably improved Child Sex Ratio (CSR). Normally the award shall not be presented posthumously; excepting in case where death occurred subsequently to a proposal having been submitted to the Ministry in the manner as stipulated in these guidelines.

The applicants must be at least 25 years of age on July 1,of the award year (e.g. for the year 2021 awards to be distributed on March 8,2022, the age should be as on July 1,2021 and so on.

Each Award carries a cash prize `2.00 lakh  and a citation. The nomination would be submitted to the Ministry of Women and Child Development with details as per online application form along with supporting documents as mentioned in the application form. Applicants received by the due  date will be sent to the State./UT and District Collector/District Magistrate, other government/appropriate agencies/organizations for verification of the claims and achievements mentioned in the applications.

The Department of Mines and Geology has informed that as per rule 47 of the Goa Minor Minerals Concession Rules 1985, valid permit is required to be obtained from the Directorate of Mines and Geology to bring minor minerals to Goa from other States. For this purpose, the system of issuing online permits has gone live for which applicants need to visit the official website of the Directorate of Mines and Geology ( https://dmg.goa.gov.in ). The Directorate had also issued public notice in the newspapers dated September 24, 2022.

To obtain an online permit, applicants first need to register the vehicle proposed to be used for transportation of minor minerals to Goa from other States and then fill the format available online, upload necessary documents and make payment online and submit the application.

The Directorate will process the application online and issue permits to those applicants compliant to the procedure within 24 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public holidays. The applicants will get a message on their mobile and also on their email regarding approval granted for their application so that they will be able to download the permit issued. A copy of the permit will also go to the Directorate of Transport on their email id. Further the Directorate of Transport will also get a daily list of permits granted every day.

The present manual system of issuing permits at the check posts by the designated Inspecting Officers of Directorate of Transport will be discontinued.

From now on only online permits are valid.

However, the Inspecting Officers of Directorate of Transport at the check posts shall continue to exercise their powers and allow only those vehicles having valid permits issued by this Directorate.