12/03/2014 …. Stating that his party member’s were like his brother’s and sister’s with whom he had no personnel grudge and that he had only raised issues of social concerns st andre bjp legislator vishnu surya wagh on Monday said that he had no problem in canvassing for the bjp led candidates in the upcoming lok Sabha elections if his party would ask him to do so ….

It may be noted that mr wagh had been in the news for his anti party speeches against his own bjp party in the past few days due to which mr wagh had to loose the chairmanship of kala academy and also as vice chairmanship of entertainment society of goa

Mr wagh was also in the news for being considered as the north goa candidate first for the nationalist congress party and then the congress party also listed wagh’s name in its candidate list for the north goal ok Sabha seat

Speaking exclusively to goan reporter kanzil rodriguesst andre bjp legislator Vishnu surya wagh said that  he was still with his bjp party and if both the two bjp lok Sabha candidates wanted his services for the upcoming lok Sabha elections he would be happy to do it or else could also go in other states and campaign for bjp backed candidates

Wagh said since he was a forceful speaker and if his bjp party wanted his services he was always ready to do it for the bjp party leaving his differences which were there with in his bjp family

Wagh also expressed happiness with the state chief minister Manohar Parrikar stating that the chief minister had done most of his developmental works and therefore had no issues with him

11/03/2014 … The state congress party is all set to announce the names of its two candidates for the north and south goa parliamentary seats for the upcoming lok Sabha elections within the next three days …

Clp leader pratapsingh rane and State congress president john Fernandes are above to leave for delhi on Wednesday morning where in both the goan representatives of the state congress party would meet the central leaders along with the members of the madhusudan committee and would finalize the names of both the candidates for the lok Sabha seats

Though for north goa former home minister ravi naik is being considered to be on top priority for south goa sitting mp Francisco sardinha is sure to retain its seat once again

Fernandes stated that since congress had a strong base in north goa they was confident of winning both the seats at the upcoming lok Sabha elections

Meanwhile ncp president nilkhant halarnkar said that he was sure that his central leaders would make it sure that there was a coalition with the congress party in the state for the upcoming lok Sabha elections

08/03/2014 Members of the goa parivartan manch on Friday submitted a memorandum to the state chief minister Manohar parrikar asking for amendment of section 9 of the goa daman and diu, preservation of tress act which allowed the tree officer to give permission to fell, cut, remove or dispose off, trees under the section 9 act

Addressing media person convener of gpa advocate yatish naik on Saturday said there were certain loop holes in to the section 9 of the amendment which had to be rectified so that in an event if the tree officer failed to give his decision within 60 days from the date of application the permission had to be deemed to be refused and that the appeal could be provided to the conservator of forests who was infact the authority which appointed the tree officer …

Member of the manch govind gaude said that alleged that a large chuck of communidade land in farmagudi area in survery no 159/0 was illegal developed and converted in to sub divided plots by certain government authorities which included forest officials, department, politicians and government bureaucrats

Meanwhile fr bismark dias also stated that the announcement of the state government that the bar and restaurants to be kept open till 4 clock in the morning was a said sign for the state of goa in years to come

07/03/2014 …. Members of the Aam Aadmi Party goa state on Thursday criticized the state BJP led government and its Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for declaring and/or promising new and modified schemes in the budget thus violating the model code of conduct.

Addressing media person member of the aam admi party swati kerkar said that A vote on account or a budget carrying forward the old schemes was the only allowed option for a party in power once the model code of conduct comes was in force but the present bjp led government had announced certain modification in its schemes thus violating the current model code of conduct

Another member of the aam admi party rajendra kakodkar stated that the budget itself was full of small doles to every group of voters and without any economic sense and was slated to be a please all” election eve budget.

Meanwhile aap member dr Oscar rebello called on its aap state members not to go in to any sort of provocations and chaos during the ongoing election scenario in to the state of goa

06/03/2014 …  The annual financial statement for the year 2014-15 of the state of goa was presented to the state legislative assembly by chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday, reflecting a negligible revenue deficit of Rs 9.38 crore while the fiscal and primary deficits are estimated at Rs 1610.71 and Rs 639.14 crore respectively for 2014-15

Reflecting on the financial health of the state, the chief minister’s annual financial statement total gross budgetary expenditure is estimated at Rs 10526.44 crore as against Rs 9446.19 crore of the previous annual financial statement of 2013-14 …

in his speech, the finance minister stated that the estimated expenditure on revenue account was Rs 8199.84 crore and expenditure account was Rs 1890.03 crore

The total receipts for 2014-15 is estimated to be Rs 9533.88 as against Rs 7923.10 crore in 2013-14 while the increase in revenue is to the extent of 20.32%. The tax revenue is expected to be Rs 5092.58 and non tax revenue is slated to be Rs 2380.51 crore

The annual financial statement also reflects that there will  be a negligible revenue deficit of Rs 9.38 crore while the fiscal and primary deficits are estimated at Rs 1610.71 and Rs 639.14 crore for 2014-15. The gross annual plan expenditure for 2014-15 is also estimated to be Rs 4389.25 crore.

 highlighting key features of the budget

The budget provides for :

Rs 40 crore for underground cabling

Rs 24 crore for  beach security

Rs 3 crorefor Ayurvedic College

Rs 200 crore to help mining-affected people

Rs 50 lakh for goa AIS cadre

Mining cap to be  25 million tonnes plus 20 million tonnes from the dumps

Rs 20 crore for midday meals

Investment council  to be set up

Exhibition centre at Merces  proposed

Revenue estimated at Rs 8090 crore; Expenditure at Rs 8099 crore  

Education development corporation to be set up

Rs 20 crore for mid-day meals

St Francis Xavier exposition secretariat to be set up  

Rs 24 crore for beach security

Motor cycle Pilot pension increased to Rs 2000 per month

Rs 4.5 crore for education of special children

Rs 150 crore for a super speciality hospital at GMC hospital

Rs 100 per kg support price for cashew

Rs 50 lakh national security development

A master plan of Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary

05/03/2014 …. Curtorim legislator  alleged partiality in selecting candidates for government job by manipulating marks obtained by candidates.

The chief minister however denied that that is the case and said that more weightage is given to written exams than to oral tests.

He also clarified about 17 candidates whose appointment have been held up.

The Fatorda legislator sought  to know whether the antecedents of the candidates were checked. The chief minister assured to put proper mechanism in place to sort out any deficiency in the process by June end..