Panaji, July 14, 2014 … The Directorate of Art and Culture in collaboration with Foundation for Indian Art and Education, Goa will be organizing the screening of the Documentary Film “To Let The World In” on July 19, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at the Lecture Hall, Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji.

      The Documentary Film “To Let The World In” directed by Shri Avijit Mukul Kishore,  is a two-part film project that looks at a significant period in the history of contemporary Indian art, featuring the work of three generations of visual artists, born over a period of half a century.

The first volume features intimate conversations with Arpita Singh, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nilima Sheikh, Nalini Malani and Sudhir Patwardhan, Ranbir Kaleka, Pushpamala N. Anita Dube and Atul Dodiya along with art critic and curator Geeta Kapur.

The second volume of the film features Anju Dodiya, Archana Hande, Benitha Perciyal, Sharmila Samant, Parvathi Nayar, Riyas Komu, Tushar Joag, Shilpa Gupta, Gargi Raina, Sumakshi Singh, T.V. Santhosh, Nataraj Sharma, Gigi Scaria, Reena Saini Kallat and Jitish Kallat.

The film was produced by Art Chennai, as a component of their show “To Let The World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art”, curated by Chaitanya Sambrani, held in Chennai in 2012.

The screening of the film will be followed by a Question and Answer session with the director of the film. The artist and art enthusiast of Goa are cordially invites to view the film. The program will be open to all and free of cost.

Panaji, July 14, 2014 …. The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) New Delhi under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India is implementing “Cultural Talent Search Scholarship Scheme”. The scheme provide facilities to outstanding young  children artists in the age group of 10- to 14 years for developing their talent in various cultural fields such as music, drama , painting , sculpture, crafts.

The number of scholarships to be awarded for the year 2014-15 is 620, of which 100 are exclusively reserved for ‘Tribal Students’ i.e Scheduled Tribes category, and 125 are reserved for children of families practicing traditional performing arts etc and 20 for specially challenged children. The remaining Scholarships will be treated as general category.

 The value of Scholarship is Rs. 3600/- per year in addition to the actual fee paid for the specialized training to the Guru/ Institution subject to ceiling of Rs 9000/- per year. The Scholarship awarded under the scheme is initially for two years at a time and renewable after every two years till the completion of the first University Degree stage of education or up to the age of 20 years whichever is earlier.

 The applicant’s date of birth should be in between July 01, 2000 and June 30, 2004 (both days inclusive) for the award of the scholarships for the year 2014-15.in exceptional cases the lower age limit will be relaxed upto 2 years.

The application forms and details of the scheme may be obtained from the Directorate of Art and Culture Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji  till July 25, 2014 and duly filled forms are to be submitted to the Directorate of Art and  Culture, latest by August 12, 2014 during office hours on working days.

Panaji, July 14, 2014  … One Kilo of Sugar per person will be distributed during the month of July 2014 to the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL), Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Annapurna (ANP) at a price of Rs.13.50 per kg.

The Fair Price Shop Owners are directed to start lifting the stock of the Sugar immediately and supply the quota of July 2014 to the cardholders immediately.  They are also requested to display the sample of the quality of Commodity supplied to the cardholders.  The entire  quota to the BPL, AAY and ANP cardholders should be made immediately and the entire quota should be lifted before  July 20, 2014.

Respective cardholders are requested to draw their monthly ration quota from their respective Fair Price Shop on or before July 31, 2014 as per their entitlement and sign the register maintained at Fair Price shops in token of having lifted their quota.

Complaints, if any, in case of non supply of PDS commodities and the quantity and quality supplied by the Fair Price Shops is not found satisfactory be made to the office of the respective Joint Mamlatdars-I or Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Panaji.

July 14, 2014 …. Power Minister Shri. Milind Naik has  favoured uninterrupted and reliable power to the State by means of underground cables which would be done in a phased wise manner. This he said would  completely eliminated by underground cable faults and  90% of interruptions.

 The Minister was speaking during his visit to  Tivim and Siolim Constituency on July 12 to attend to the grievances of the people.  The Minister said that the life style of common men has considerably changed. From the era of constant it has moved to instant. He cited examples of telephones where the STD/ISD calls had to be booked and wait for long hours to get the calls across. He said Android technologies have brought the internet at the fingertip no need to switch on Computers to access mails.

 He said all these facilities are worthless without reliable power. There are sometimes things which are beyond the control of Department staffs. However all out efforts are made to provide un- interrupted power supply to the consumers in the state even in difficult conditions.

 The Meeting held at Agarwaddo to address issues of Siolim Constiteuncy  was attended by Water Resources  Minister Shri. Dayanand Mandrekar, Sarpanchs and Panchayat Members from all the Panchayats. Siolim Constituency comprises of Five Village Panchayats Namely Marna, Oxel, Sodiem, Assagao Badem and Anjuna having total 15400 consumers. This constituency has also touristic importance.

 All these Panchayats are supplied power by 3 feeders that is to say by Siolim Feeder ( 25kms long), Assagao Feeder ( 22kms long) and Anjuna Feeder(24 kms long) aggregating to total 71 kms of 11 KV overhead feeder which support 135 Transformers of various capacities. From these 135 transformer LT line that comes to we consumer is of length 210kms overhead line.  In siolim itself Goa Electricity Department has to maintain 280 Kms of overhead line which is as old as thirty years at most places.

 Panchayat members pointed out that being thickly vegetated area lot of transient interruptions take place and therefore it was requested to take up work of underground cabling on top priority. Power Minister directed the officials to prepare on top priority. Shri. Milind Naik directed the Engineers to work on top priority to resolve the power problems in the area. Shri Milind Naik also requested Minister Shri Dayanand Mandrekar to help in locating land for setting up Sub-station in Assagao which can take care of future Growth. This is the part of  Twenty Year Perspective Plan developed by Minister for Power for Goa Electricity Department.

 Power Minister Shri Milind Naik  also visted Revora Panchayat and attended to the grievances  of Tivim Constituency. M.L.A. Shri Kiran Kandolkar was present. Shri Kandolkar  expressed said that his constituncey was neglected for years together and hoped to have initiated to improve Power Scenario in his area. Shri Milind Naik  Directed  engineers to frame estimate of underground cabling and bring for his perusal in specific time frame. Some Panchayat Members requested to address Low Voltage problem in their area. Departmental Engineer Informed that they are aware of situation and already estimates have been framed to Install New Transformer Center in that locality.

Shri. Milind Naik directed his office to ordinate with departmental and get this issue resolved within 15 Days. Shortage of Men Power and vehicle in resolving fault is faced by department was felt by Panch to which Shri Milind Naik replied that department has been given adequate power to hire vehicles and men power needs to be allocated properly by department and he personally directed department to do the needful. Shri. Milind Naik gave a patient ear to even smallest grievances and issued on the spot  directions to resolve them in time bound manner.