Panaji, January 08, 2013. …. On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, a ceremony of unveiling of the portrait of Swami Vivekananda in the Library of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Porvorim will be held on January 12, 2013 at 9.00 a.m. at the hands of Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar, in the distinguished presence of Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Speaker, Goa Legislative Assembly, Shri Anant Shet, Deputy Speaker and Shri Pratapsingh R. Rane, Leader of Opposition.
ORAL INTERVIEW FOR POST OF AWAL KARKUN ON JANUARY 17,18 AND 19, 2013.
Panaji. January 08, 2013. …. Candidates, who have appeared for written test on November 04, 2012 for the post of Awal Karkun are hereby informed that those who have qualified in the written test are short-listed and their names, are displayed on the notice board of this office.
The oral interview of these short-listed candidates is fixed on January 17, January 18 and January 19, 2013. Individual call letters to appear for oral interview have been dispatched. In case any qualifying candidates have not received intimation he/she may contact to the Collectorate Office
The qualifying candidates should bring the call letter alongwith the original as well as Xerox attested copies of certificates of Educational qualification (marks sheet), Computer knowledge, Birth, Caste, Residential and Experience in any Field of office work, Sports Participation certificate in State and National Level, if any or excelling in extra curriculum activities.
union minister for tourism chiranjeevi to inagurate five day carnival celebrations in goa starting from 9th of february
Panaji, Jan 8 (courtesy-PTI) … South Indian filmstar Chiranjeevi will inaugurate the five day long Carnival festivities in Goa on February 9, state tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said.
The festivities will have float parades being organized across five cities during the each day. “Chiranjeevi will inaugurate the float parade in Panaji on the first day of the festivities,” Parulekar told PTI.
The carnival parades have been an annual feature for the traditional Carnival festivities. Parulekar said that the parades would be held in the cities of Panaji, Mapusa, Margao, Vasco and one more town, which is yet to be decided.
Thousands of locals and tourists witness these parades which are spearheaded by a float of King Momo, a mythological figure who rules the state for three days.
The Carnival celebrations were brought in Goa by erstwhile Portuguese rulers, which has now been an integral part of Goa’s festivity calendar.
The minister also said that a `Sea Food festival’ would be held at the outskirts of Panaji in the run up for Carnival celebrations. The festival will start on February 8.
“We have invited various states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat to participate in the event along with the host state of Goa,” Parulekar added.
goa state tourism department to vist israel to study village tourism
Panaji, Jan 8 (Courtesy-PTI) …. Even as Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has directed austerity measures to avoid unnecessary spending in the wake of current economic situation, a delegation led by deputy chief minister Fransic D’Souza and tourism minister Dilip Parulekar is planned for multi country `study tour’.
Parulekar told reporters here that he along with the deputy chief minister D’Souza would be heading for Israel and other countries in the second week of February “to study the village tourism.”
“There is this concept of village tourism in Israel. We will be visiting there to study it so that it can be replicated in Goa,” the minister said, adding “even Chief Minister might join us, but he is not sure.”
Responding to a question on why does ministers require to tour countries to study the tourism concepts, Parulekar shot back “why are we elected then? Bureacrats will be there but we will also be going to the tour.”
The state’s economy is currently fearing recession due to stopping of mining industry, which was the highest revenue earner for the state. Parrikar in recent past has asked the ministers and officials to have austerity measures.
State’s main political opposition, Congress party, has taken strong objection to this proposed tour at the expense of state’s exchequer.
“There is no money with the state government to pay wages of the teachers who are recently recruited in services. How can they spend money lavishly for such a tour?,” Congress’ Goa spokesman Sudip Tamankar said.
“The state should give proper attention to the existing beach tourism. Village tourism can be encouraged but not by visiting other countries. We should work on strengthening our own plus points,” Tamankar said.
He alleged that Parrikar-led government has left state’s finances into doldrums.
APPLICATIONS INVITED TO RUN A FAIR PRICE SHOP AT CANDOLIM
Panaji, January 08, 2013 …. Applications are invited from the interested parties, residing in the locality of Candolim, Bardez Viz Registered Co-operative Societies, Educated Unemployed, individuals belonging to Scheduled Caste/Tribes, Freedom Fighters, physically handicapped and others having spacious premises for handling and storing P.D.S. and non P.D.S. commodities and should be financially sound, with reasonable business to run a Fair Price Shop.
Majority of the Registered Co-operative Society are necessarily required to be of Educated unemployed and should be one the five register of Employment Exchange for 2 years and they should be within the age limit of 18 to 35 years of each members.
Educated unemployed should have passed S.S.C.E. through any recognized school in Goa State and should be in the live register of the Employment Exchange at least for 2 years and should be within the age limit of 18 to 35 years. Besides, he should be completely free from encumbrance of studied. No Member of family definition being Father/Mother, Spouse, Unmarried Sons/ Daughters and Unmarried Brothers/Sisters living in the same undivided family should have authorization to run the Fair Price Shop in the Goa State.
The applications should reach to the Office of the Mamlatdar of Bardez- Goa, on or before January 30, 2013.
RULES FOR THE USE OF GOVERNMENT MOTOR VEHICLES AMENDED
Panaji, January 08, 2013 …. The Government has amended with immediate effect the ‘Rules for the use of Government Motor Vehicles of the Government of Goa’.
In rule 26 of the Principal Rules for the use of Government Motor Vehicles of the Government of Goa, and its amendments issued vide Notification dated 15/11/1990 shall be substituted as under: “26- The Secretaries to Government, Heads of Department and other Officers authorized under Rule 43 are permitted to use the vehicle for private purposes also, if they so desires, subject to the condition that an amount of Rs. 500/- per month is compulsorily deducted from their salary and fuel should not exceed quota allotted/sanctioned. Further, the exhausting fuel quota should also not be an excuse for not performing official journeys.”
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT WATERBORNE AND FOODBORNE INFECTIONS IN VIEW OF CONTAMINATION OF WATER
Panaji, January 08, 2013 ….. In view of the contamination of water distribution lines at Cortim-Mala-Fontainhas, though the situation is brought under control by PWD, it is still advisable to take necessary precautions by the public to prevent Waterborne and Foodborne infections viz Typhoid, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Viral Hepatitis etc.
Common symptoms of these infections are Fever, Nausea, Vomiting, Loose Motions, Jaundice, Abdominal Pain and Fatigue.
These diseases are easily preventable and general public is requested to take following measures for prevention. Good personal hygiene is the single most important preventive measure; Consumption of boiled water i.e. water should be boiled for atleast 2C min before consumption; Consume freshly cooked food; Do not consume water, milkshakes, fruit juices and eatables from roadside vendors; Maintain cleanliness in surrounding and do not throw garbage in open; Never do self-medication or take medicines directly from chemist shop. Medicines should always be taken after getting proper advice from a qualified doctor.
All cases with above mentioned symptoms should immediately report to the nearest Health Centre or Physician.
E – GOVERNANCE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR TRANSPARENCY: PHALDESSAI
Panaji, January 8, 2013 …. E Governance is the perfect conceptual solution for smooth and transparent functioning of the Government process stated MLA and Chairman of ITG Shri Subhash Phaldessai today while addressing the gathering after inaugurating the seminar on Specialized Training for E-Governance Programme at Internatinal Centre, Donapaula. Fishing Trips in Goa
The Seminar has been organized by the Department of Information and Technology in association with Goa Electronics Ltd, and ITG which was attended by the HOD’s of various Government Departments.
Speaking further Shri Phaldesai said, E – Governance creates ways for transparency, cost reduction, instant response and productive output to the citizens in the state. The Goa Government has taken up this project on war footing in order to bring the various government schemes to the doorstep of the people, he added.
Dattaprasad Naik, Chairman of GEL, Shri Piyush Gupta, Associates Vice President of National Associates, Shri Subhash Bhatnagar, Advisor to NIC, Hydrabad, Shri B. S. Borkar, MD, GEL, Shri J. S. R. Anand, SIO, NIC graced the inaugural function.
Earlier Shri Nilesh Phaldesai, Director, DOIT welcomed the guests. Ms, Sneha Sirsat compered the function.
state bjp party annouces its state executive committee
8-jan-2013 …. The state bharatiya janata party on Tuesday announced its state executive committee which along with its present vinayak tendulkar would have six vice presidents, two general secretary, six secretaries, four spokesperson and a organization general secretary …
The committee would also have 60 members along with 21 permanent invitees which includes chief minister Manohar Parrikar, north goa mp shripad naik, bjp minister’s, mla’s and fourteen members as special invitees …
Addressing media briefing at the party head office in Panjim on Tuesday afternoon bjp president vinay tendulkar gave more details of the state executive committee names listed for the next three year term…
the state executive committee has six vice presidents such as dattaprasad, prabhakar kholkar, govind parvatkar, anil hoble, neena naik, sanjay harmalkar, nilesh cabral, along with two general secretaries- sadanand tanawade, narendra sawaikar, six secretaries- shilpa naik, sheikh jina, satyavijay naik, siddhi shetye, bhamtu velip, josehpine d’cruz, one treasurer- sanjeev desai, four spokesperson- vishnu wagh, dr wilfred mesquita, damu naik, dr pramod sawant along with a general secretary organisation satish dhond
goa state police department initiates Women Helpline – 1091 in goa.
7-jan-2013 … Women in the society are vulnerable to various forms of crime including sexual assault, eve teasing and domestic violence. Every women victim deserves not only a patient hearing at the Police Station by the Reporting Officer, but also a quick response and follow up on her complaint, so that her trust and confidence in law enforcement agency does not get lost. In order to fine tune the response of police officers at the police station level and increase the accessibility and health of women victims certain concrete measures have been adopted for the existing mechanism of Women Parasailing in Goa Helpline to ensure that women victims of crime get quick justice.
1091 an exclusive Women Help Line Number of Goa Police will be functional round the clock in Central Police Control Room, Panaji.
The dedicated Help line number (1091) can be dialed by any women victim of crime in the Central Police Control Room.
The calls received centrally by Central Police Control Room (CPCR) will be immediately transferred to the nearest Police Control Room vans as well as respective jurisdictional police stations for further necessary action.
The PCR calls related to victims who are resident of Panaji Town and Margao Town will be handled exclusively by the Women Police Stations situated in Panaji as well as Margao.
All such calls related to both these towns will be referred to the concerned Women Police Stations by Central Police Control Room (CPCR).
However, all other calls will be referred to by the Central Police Control Room (CPCR) to respective police stations and will be handled by the respective Police Stations only.
Redistribution of Women Police:
Ø Every Police Station will have 2-3 LPC and 2-3 LHC.
Ø Women PS will have 1 PI, 2 WPSI and adequate number of LPCs/LHCs.
Reaching out to people on regular basis:
Regular communication by local Police with people to understand their problems related to various aspects of policing is very important. It is in this backdrop Goa Police has recently launched “Saad – Sanvaad” community policing scheme where regular interaction by District SsP has started in their respective jurisdiction.
To make senior officers available for redressal of public grievances, the District SsP in South and North and all SDPOs will be available for members of public on working days at their respective district Headquarters between 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. Residents can meet them with their problems.
All PIs of PS will also be available for hearing public grievances in their respective Police Stations between 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm daily.
Any complainant who is not satisfied with local PI, and has also exhausted other proper channels of grievance redressal can meet Director General of Police, Goa on working day between 11 a.m. to 12 p.m
