Panaji: November 11, 2017  …. The Governor, Dr (Smt) Mridula Sinha chaired the 21^st State Managing Committee meeting of Special Fund for reconstruction and rehabilitation of Ex-Servicemen at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula, recently.

Financial assistance, scholarships, increase of daughter’s marriage grant, Armed Forces Flag Day celebrations and collection were some of the issues discussed during the meeting.

The committee deliberated on various issues and the members also offered various suggestions.  

Shri. Krishnamurthy, IAS, Captain Richie Ranjan, Chief Staff Officer, FOGA, Air Vice Mshl G Gomes, VSM (Retd), Smt. Sanjeevanee Kutty, IAS, from the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, Air Cmde P.K Pinto, AVSM (Retd), Brig Brijesh Dhiman, ADG, Directorate of Resettlement Zone (South),    Smt Anjali Sehrawat, IAS, Collector, South Goa among others attended the meeting.   

Panaji: November  10, 2017The Governor of Goa Dr. Smt. Mridula Sinha was honoured with the late Udayraj Singh Memory Award at a function held at Patna, Bihar. The award is being presented in the memory of Late Udayraj Singh the former editor of “Nayee Dhara” a 68 years old publication.

          The Governor of Bihar Shri Satpal Malik was also present on the occasion .

          Speaking on the occasion Shri Malik said, liberty, equality and brotherhood are the ideals of our Constitution, our literature is centric on this ideals. The literature of Dr. Smt. Mridula Sinha enriches the Indian culture, he said.

          Smt. Mridula Sinha spoke on the theme, “ Women’s contribution in folk literature”.

          Earlier the son of  Late Udayraj Singh welcomed the dignitaries. The editor of Nayee Dhara Shri Shivnarayan Singh compered the function.

Panaji: November 10, 2017  … The Minister for Rural Development, Shri Jayesh Salgaonkar was the Chief Guest for the function of Goa Saras 2017 which concluded recently.

On the occasion, Shri Salgaonkar felicitated the winners of various competitions held in connection with Goa Saras.

Shri Salgaonkar appreciated the work of various self-help women groups for having participated and displayed various exhibits at the fair. He stressed the need to encourage self-help groups and at the same time informed that the Department has plans to organise a fair at South Goa.

Director of DRDA (District Rural Development Agency), Shri Vasudev N Shetye welcomed the gathering. Rupa Chari compered the function.   

Panaji :November 9,2017 …. The General Body Meeting of North Goa Zilla Panchayat was  held in the Secretariat  Porvorim today.  Smt. Ankita Navelkar,  President North Goa ZP chaired the meeting. The meeting discussed various issues such as Tour, Developmental works, felicitation of meritorious students, purchase of chairs, bill of CCTV cameras etc. Minutes of last meeting were also  approved  by the meeting.

Shri Vasudev Korgaonkar, Vice-President, Shri Gupesh Naik,  Smt. Shrimati Mandrekar, Shri Arun Bankar, Smt. Saraswati Wadkar as members  Smt.Ruhi  Redkar Chief Executive Officer  and others attended the meeting.

Panaji: November 8, 2017 … Chief Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar today inaugurated a workshop for Scientist and Journalists at National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula. The workshop is based on ‘S & T Communication Strategies and approaches with a focus on The Indian Ocean: Economic and Geostrategic Significance’ and is organized by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi from November 7-10, 2017.

Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister congratulated the CSIR and called the workshop as a wonderful and unique exercise. “I consider myself a technocrat. As I am an engineer by profession, I use technical aspects while managing various administrative and political tasks in my daily routine,” he said.

Stating that such workshops are essential for journalists, he mentioned that integrity is the core of any profession.  “In journalism, integrity is not only about faithful reporting. It is also how you report an incident for the benefit of the society. In order to analyze a report, a journalist needs scientific thinking. Hence, scientific knowledge, when properly understood by media, is a boon to the society.”

Every magic can be scientifically explained. India has a big coastline and if with proper planning and utilization, we can grow in terms of natural resources. All these aspects should be scientifically explained to the public; hence, this workshop is a golden opportunity for all the participants,” he said.

Director General of CSIR Dr. Girish Sahani, Director of NIO Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Senior Journalist Shri. Rajendra Prabhu, personnel from various national media and NIO employees were present on the occasion.

Smt. Bala Prabhu compered the function while Dr. Randeep Mukhopadhyay proposed the vote of thanks.

 Panaji, November 8, 2017 …  The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Government of India, New Delhi jointly with the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities will be holding a Mobile Court on November 23, 2017 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. at Room No. 407, Conference Hall, Mathany Saldanha Administrative Complex, Margao-Goa.

            The Grievances of persons with disabilities on the following issues-Issue of Disability Certificate, Free Education in appropriate environment to children up age of 18 years, reservation in admission in Educational Institutions,  reservation in employments, reservation in poverty, alleviation schemes, rights and facilities under Persons with the Disabilities Act, Executives Orders and other Govt. instruction etc., any kind of discrimination on the ground of disabilities, will be heard in the Mobile Court and orders will be passed on the spot at the Mobile Court venue, provided complaint forms duly filled in by the complainant reaches the Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, C/o Sanjay Centre for Special Education Research and Training, Pundalik Nagar, Alto-Porvorim or Directorate of Social Welfare, 18^th June Road, Panaji-Goa  or on E-mail ID  i.e.socialwelfaregoa@ rediffmail.com on or before 5.30 p.m. on  November 10, 2017.

            The forms for filing the  complaints will be made available at all Inward Counters of Municipal Councils, City Corporation of Panaji, Social Welfare Department, Panaji and Room No.27, Mathany Saldanha Administrative Complex, Margao, Block Development Offices and Office of State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, C/o Sanjay Centre for Special Education Research and Training, Pundalik Nagar, Alto-Porvorim or on website of Directorate of Social Welfare at www.socialwelfare.goa.gov. in.