Panaji, December 9, 2016 … ‘Vidhan Sabha Kamkaj Margdarshika’ an informative booklet about functioning of Legislative Assembly in Konkani, printed by Directorate of Official Language will be released by Chief Minister by Shri Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday December 12, 2016 at Nalanda hall, EDC House, Panaji at 10.00 a.m in the distinguished presence of the Speaker of Goa Assembly Shri. Anant Shet, Minister for Environment and Forest, Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Minister for Official Language, Shri. Milind Naik, Secretary of Official language Smt. Padma Jaiswal and Director of Official language, Dr. Prakash Vazrikar.

Panaji:-December 08, 2016 …. Minister for Water Resource Department Shri Dayanand  Mandrekar felicited the Yuva Srujan Puraskar Awardees 2016 at the function held at Directorate of Art and Culture, Sanskruti Bhavan ,Patto Panaji which was organized by Directorate of Art and Culture yesterday.

On the occasion Secretary Art and Culture Shri  Daulat Hawaldar was also present.

Minister for Art and Culture Shri Dayanand  Mandrekar while addressing the gathering  greeted the awardees and appreciated the work of Art and Culture for  encouraging the Goan Artist  by Felicitating them at young age as it is the important duty for promoting the State Artists.

Shri  Daulat Hawaldar congratulated the awardees and lauded them for their efforts and dedication in their respective field .

           Recipients of Yuva Srujan Puraskar Awardees 2016-17 are Shri Vishnu alias Anand Naik (Music),Shri. Swapnesh H. Vaigankar (fine Art),Shri Pandurang  F. Gaonkar (Literature),Shri Aadhi Vishal (Fine Art), Smt. Antonieta D’melo (Tiatr),Kum. Frederika Menezes (Literature), Shri Prashant Madhukar Satarkar (Drama) and  Shri Pralhad Raghuvir Gawas (Music).

           Director of Art and Culture Shri. Prasad Lolyekar  welcomed the gathering, comparing by Premanand Naik and Deputy Director of Art and Culture Shri Ashok Parab Proposed Vote of thanks.

Panaji: December 7, 2016 … State Youth festival to be held at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir Ponda on December 14 and 15, 2016.

The North District Youth Festival was held at Ravindra Bhavan, Sankhali on November 24 and 25, 2016.

The South District Youth Festival was held at Ravindra Bhavan, Fatorda on November 30, and December 1, 2016.

Approximately 2600 youth participated in the 4 days festival. The winners of the North and South District youth festival have qualified for the State youth festival to be held at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir, Ponda.

Panaji: December 6, 2016 …. Yuva Samvad Yojana is a scheme which will give access to education, skills and employment and will benefit around 1.5 lakhs youth of the State stated Chief Minister Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar. This scheme is designed specially by focusing on the future of the youth Shri. Parsekar said.

He was speaking after launching the Yuva Samvad Yojana at function for South Goa youth in Gogal, Margao. This is a unique scheme for youth of 16 to 30 years of age who will be provided with free mobile SIM card, 100 minutes talk time per month and mobile data.

Others present on the occasion were MLA Shri. Caetano Silva, MLA Shri. Rajan Naik, Zilla Panchayat member of Davorlim Shri. Ulhas Tuyenkar, Director of Information Technology Shri. Amey Abhyankar, Shri. Damu Naik, Shri. Sharmad Raiturkar, Shri. Siddhesh Naik, Head, Vodafone Business Services Shri. Mahesh Menon, Head, Government Segment, Vodafone India Shri. Shekhar Agarwal and others. This scheme is started by Department of Information and Technology in Collaboration with Goa Electronics Limited and Vodafone a mobile network Company.

Speaking further Shri. Parsekar said that, cyber literacy in the State has gone up as a result of Cyber Age scheme which was started under leadership of Ex Chief Minister and present Defence Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar. Yuva Samvad Yojana Scheme is a first of its kind in the Country and that is why it is very much important. Employment in the State will be created on large scale in the field of Information Technology Shri. Parsekar said. Government has tried its best to reach to all sectors of the society he added.

Shri. Amey Abhaynkar in his welcome speech said that this scheme is designed under Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modis programmme ‘Digital India’. All youths who are resident of State, minimum from last 5 years, will be benefited under the scheme. Initially ten outlets of Vodafone in State will provide this schemes and in addition special camps in colleges will be organized Shri. Abhaynkar informed. The only document required to obtain this scheme is Adhar Card he said.

Shri. Shekhar Agarwal said that Vodafone Company will provide free M-Pesa wallet with this scheme by which youths can pay bills and other types of fees online. Chief Minister released forms for this scheme and distributed it to youth representatives.

Panaji: December 4, 2016 …. Government has initiated steps to give full time independent heads to all Government educational institutions across Goa and in days to come all educational institutions from High School till Colleges will get qualified and efficient independent heads declared Chief Minister Shri. Laxmikant Parsekar. Government is expending crores of rupees for the development of educational sector in State and that expenditure is important and worth. Government is carrying out its responsibility in proper manner, the rest lies is in the hands of teachers and students to maintain the facilities provided to them urged Shri. Parsekar. He was speaking after inaugurating new building for Government College of Commerce and Economics in Borda Margao.

Others present on the occasion were MLA of Fatorda Constituency Shri. Vijay Sardessai, MLA of Margao Constituency Shri. Digamber Kamat, Chairperson of Margao Municipal Council Dr. Babita Prabhudessai, Secretary for Education IAS Smt. Nila Mohanan, Chairman of Advisory committee of College Shri. Damu Naik, Vice Chancellor of Goa University Dr. Varun Sahani, Managing Director of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Shri. Sanjit Rodrigues, Director for Higher Education Shri. Bhaskar Nayak, Officiating Principal Dr. Fatima De Souza and others.

Further speaking Shri. Parsekar said that Government has given priority to education and for making every institution of the State a role model Government is putting in all efforts. Earlier common man was looking at Government educational institutions as secondary class but now by providing state of the art infrastructure and facilities, government has achieved success in changing this mindset. Now Government institutions are standing on par with private institutions and competing with them, Shri. Parsekar said. He also said that once a teacher always a teacher, so teacher during working hour’s concept is now wiped out. Teachers should understand some genuine reasons of the students and try to solve it, Shri. Parsekar urged. It is a need to come out with educated and cultured generation to take forward Goa as a role model State to other States.

Shri. Digamber Kamat said that India will be superpower only through education and for this every citizen should be educated. Teachers and also students should be dedicated to produce good citizens he said. Shri. Vijay Sardessai said that youths need to be agents of change in the society. He urged students to protect democracy and idea of India and said that he is very much happy as the modern building of education is set up in his Fatorda Constituency .

Dr. Varun Sahani said that there is no greater sign of progress then new educational premises. Every citizen should be partner in teaching and learning process of society he said. Dr. Babita Prabhudessai, Smt. Nila Mohanan and Shri. Damu Naik also spoke on the occasion. Shri. Bhaskar Nayak welcomed the gathering while Dr. Maria De Souza proposed vote of thanks.

This new building project has been designed to be a full fledged College providing facilities for Commerce and Economics Education under one roof  along with library, multipurpose hall with green room, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan hall, Admin block etc. This gound plus three stories building was designed at a cost of Rs. 13.12 Crores.

Panaji : December 4, 2016 …. Pre-registration on the GST Portal ‘gst.gov.in’ for the  dealers registered under the Goa VAT Act has started from November 14, 2016 and the link till December 7, 2016 at 8.00pm.

Those registered dealers who have not collected sealed envelopes containing login credentials provisional user ID and password from the Ward offices are requested to collect the same immediately from the respective Ward Offices and complete the pre-registration process by November 7, 2016.

Login credentials have been generated for those dealers who are registered under the Goa VAT Act on or before September 26, 2016 and whose PAN details are correct/complete, issuance of login credentials to the dealers registered after September 26, 2016 and to dealers whose PAN details are not correct/complete,   would be taken up in the second phase to be notified subsequently.

For further assistance, kindly contact helpdesk at respective word office. Kindly read FAQ available on website www.goacomtax.gov.in for pre-registration.

Panaji: December 3, 2016 …. The Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar in the presence of Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar on the occasion of  World Disability Day, inaugurated the new wing building of Sanjay School at a function organized by  Sanjay Centre for Special Education Pundalik Nagar, Porvorim today.

The Defence Minister in his address said that Government has launched numerous  schemes for special children, the special children he said, with the use of  various  aids   developed by science and technology they can live a normal life and therefore  parents and  teachers have to encourage such children and should avail  benefits of such facilities provided by the Government.

The Chief Minister speaking further greeted  special children on the  “World Disability Day” and lauded the hard work of teachers and others for the upbringing of these children.  He  said that there are around 25 number of such schools catering to the need of special children in  the state .

The Chief Minister  further said  that various business firms  are coming up in the state which may  provide employment  opportunities to these qualified  students to secure  jobs in their specialized areas which he said  will  give solace to their parents for  making their child  employed and self reliant. Chairman, SCSEG, Shri Guruprasad Pawaskar, welcomed the gathering Smt. Sarita Pai Angle and Shri Durgesh Majik jointly compered the function while Member Secretary, SCSEG, Shri Taha Haaziq proposed vote of thanks.

Panaji : December 2, 2016 ….. The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar inaugurated ‘Development of Kajan Gundo Bandh- Waterfront’ which has been taken up at an estimated cost of 6.5crore at a function held at Parsem, Pernem yesterday. The function was organized by the Department of Water Resources.

 The Chief Minister in his address said that  development is not possible without the cooperation and support of the people. He said the construction of bus stand at Pernem, Development of Agarwada Junction, Development of road for Electronic city and construction of building for hospital at Tuyem,  bridges at Mandrem, widening of roads at various places and other developmental works in Pernem taluka has become possible due to cooperation of local people.

 Shri Parsekar further said that the flagship projects like proposed Green field Airport at Mopa, Electronic city at Tuyem will open employment opportunities for youth folk in the state  thereby change face of Pernem taluka in near future he added.

 The Minister for Water Resources, Shri Dayanand Mandrekar addressing at the function said that the Government has taken up  the development of Khajan Gundo Bandh with proper planning and with farsightedness taking in to view need of the people and also to attract tourists. He said the Government has succeeded in providing a beautiful project for the benefit of the people of Parsem and surrounding areas.

 Shri Dipak Kalangutkar Ex-ZP Member also spoke on the occasion.

     The development of this Khajan Gundo Bandh has been done with the intention to prevent infiltration of saline water in farm land admeasuring 440 hector belonging to section of farmers from Parsem. The sluice gates of this bandh has been done with the use of modern technology. The development of this bandh have also been done with the objective to connect villages like Chonsai and people living beneath Vaydongar  hill. The facilities of street lights, footpath for joggers, benches and a garden and development  of road  has been done to attract tourists as well.   

 Shri Arun Bandhkar,ZP Member, Shri Rama Naik Sapanch VP Parsem, Shri Pramod Badami, AE WRD, Shri Nagrajan Supdt.Engineer WRD, staff of WRD, Ward  Members of Various Village Panchayats  and others attended the function.

 Chief Engineer WRD, Shri S.T Nadkarni, welcomed the guests.

Panjim, 1st Dec : Goa Tourism Development  Corporation (GTDC),  a  premiere tourism board  in India which has been the forerunner for many new tourism initiatives, products and services,  is today at the forefront  of Prime  Minister Shri. Narendra Modi’s ‘cashless India’ mission.Как класть шлакоблоки

Following 31, 2016, Goa Tourism Development Corporation has already taken the lead bringing  all tourism business’ under the ambit of cashless transactions.

Whether hotel reservations, package tours, cruise rides or any other tourism service, GTDC has introduced systems that have facilitated cashless transactions, both on-line and off-line.

Cashless facility is made possible by GTDC through online web portal, booking of services and products through mobile app available on iOS and android platform at GTDC residencies and restaurants through point-of-sale (POS) machines thus enabling a 360 degree approach to the new cashless system.

The GTDC is also  working  to introduce  pay wallets and  talks are  underway  with  leading pay wallet  providers so that  pay wallets can be accepted  as another mode of   cashless payments.

The Santa Monica Jetty also offers payments through credit cards and debit cards.

To further this  process,  the launch of  the  new e-commerce portal and mobile app  in February this year has  provided  a full proof platform  for e-business and  cashless transactions  also bringing  other tourism  stakeholders  into the cashless circuit.

Official records from the  GTDC reveal that  cashless transactions  to the tune  of Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh are executed  daily for various  services provided by the GTDC which  is in addition to  cashless  transactions recorded  on  GTDC’s  e-commerce portal and mobile app.

Mr. Gavin Dias,  General Manager (Hotels)- GTDC said,  “All GTDC residencies are provided with point-of-sale (POS) machines to facilitate cashless payments and most tourists prefer to use this facility. It is encouraging to see tourists opting for cashless transactions.” Mr. Dias added that in the months to come GTDC’s cashless systems will be an exemplary one for other departments to emulate.

Mr. Dias pointed out that  in addition to  cashless business for  GTDC’s hotel accommodation,  GTDC through the e-commerce portal has direct tie ups with  more than  160 hotels  and  also has tie ups with channel managers like Staah and Maximojo for tourists to book accommodation using  cashless modes of transactions.

He further added that cashless transactions has already become very popular and an easy way out for both tourists and tourism stakeholders.

Goa attracts more than 5 million tourists annually and Goa Tourism and GTDC is eventually looking at bringing in every tourism stakeholder whether tourist taxis, souvenir shops, guest houses, restaurants etc under cashless business.

Mr. Nilesh Cabral, Chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation said, “Goa Tourism Development Corporation moves ahead of time and we have one more feather to our cap. I am extremely pleased that GTDC introduced cashless transactions several months ago. Today the world has already logged in to cashless processes and India would have eventually introduced the same. GTDC has succeeded in professionalizing the services through cashless systems and we are fully geared to deal with it post 31^st December 2016.”

 Panaji : December 1, 2016 … .. The Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar inaugurated ‘Traffic Signal Lights’ for Verna  Junction sponsored by COMMONSCOPE Industries under CSR Programme at 15^th Annual General Body meeting of Verna Industries Association at Verna today.

 The meeting was attended by Shri Damodar Kochrekar, President V I.A, Shri Nitin Kuncalienkar, member IPB, Shri Durgesh Angle Secy. V. IA, Shri Nana Bandekar, President GCCI, founder members of various industries units, industrialists, staff of IDC, Electricity Department, PWD and others.

 While addressing at the meeting the Chief Minister said that the Pharmaceutical industries are doing well in the state. Industrial units which are functioning in various industrial estates generate employment avenues and also boost economy of state.  The various issues which are pending would be tackled in the interest of this industrial estate.

 The problem of water, independent Police Station and other infrastructure would be considered seriously he said.

  The Chief Minister further said that the Verna Industries Association is Active and is ideal example for other. He said 22 Industries Estate is active and vibrant among others he remarked and appreciated the stakeholders Verna Industries Association for enlightening him about genuine problems of Verna Industrial Estate.

  Member of Investment Promotion Board Shri Nitin Kuncalienkar in his address called the need to redress the woes of this Industrial Estate without any delay.

  Shri Damodar Kochrekar, President of Verna Industries Association welcomed the gathering.