CM tables action taken report in assembly Panaji: The Goa government has stated that it has completely implemented 34% of the announcements it made last year, while 62% of the announcements made in the last years budget are likely to be completed in the financial year 2023-24. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday tabled the []

Per capita income depicting an upward trend: Economic Survey Panaji: Goas economy is expected to grow at 9.7% this fiscal year as against the 9% growth seen in 2021-22, according to the states Economic Survey 2022-23, tabled in the assembly on Tuesday. Going by the advance estimates put out by the survey, the states Gross []

Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday assured the House that the government would provide reservation in the state legislative assembly for Scheduled Tribe (ST) community by 2027. The Chief Minister, replying to a question raised by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Venzy Viegas over the long pending reservation to ST in the state legislative assembly, []

Panaji: The state government on Tuesday introduced the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agriculture land Bill, 2023, seeking to impose restriction on the transfer of agricultural land in the state. The bill aims to preserve and protect the land that is presently being used for cultivation of paddy. Revenue Minister Atanasio Monserrate introduced the bill []

Panaji: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged multi-crore land scam has registered another first information report (FIR) pertaining to fraudulent transfer of land located in Parra. The first information report has been registered against Branca Diniz, Royson Rodrigues and others. According to police, Rodrigues is one of the masterminds in the land scam []

Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a closure order to 161 shacks operating on the Candolim-Calangute stretch without obtaining the consent to operate from the pollution control board. The High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the North Goa district collector to ensure implementation of the closure order. The high []

Protest staged against Gandhis disqualification Panaji: The South Goa District Youth Congress Committee, led by district president Mahesh Nadar, staged a protest against the Modi government for its attempts to undemocratically silence Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having exposed the unholy nexus between the ruling government and the dealings of Adani. Speaking at the protest, []

Minister says restoration work of 12 bunds is underway Panaji: Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik said that around 64 khazan bunds, of total 96.71-km length, have been strengthened, thereby ensuring protection of 5437.00 hectare of khazan land. Replying to a calling attention motion in the legislative assembly on Tuesday, Naik further said that presently, restoration work []

They say state ill-equipped to bring infernos under control Panaji: A couple of MLAs from the ruling side joined forces with the opposition MLAs in cornering the government over the poor management of forest fires in the state and questioned the governments will and capacity to address the problem in the future. A forest fire []

He says probe is underway to identify cause Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant informed the House that a digital map indicating fire incidences in the state including a comprehensive plan for management of forest fire has been prepared and a report of where and how fire incidents occurred is in place. He said that the []

Limit for the current financial year is Rs 3,200 crore, he states Panaji: Stating that the states limit of loan for the financial year 2022-23 is `3,200 crore, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday claimed that his government has availed a loan of `1,300 crore for the current financial year. Replying to the discussion on []

Panaji: In a major revelation, the state government on Monday said that as the Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019 is in force, the departments cannot carry out any recruitment by notifying advertisements. Speaking in the assembly, leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao had asked whether the government wants to continue to fill posts related []

Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has submitted before the High Court of Bombay at Goa that 158 shacks on the Candolim-Calangute beach stretch are running without the consent required to operate. The GSPCB has submitted this information before the high court in connection with a case related to illegal shacks on the []

Margao: Deputy town planner S.P. Surlakar has served a show-cause notice on Telaulim village panchayat deputy sarpanch Esteven Goes for allegedly carrying out illegal mud-filling in low-lying fields in Telaulim. The villagers had drawn the attention of a flying squad to the illegal mud-filling in low-lying fields bearing survey no 55/1 in Telaulim. In the []

Consumers are being looted in broad daylight, claim activists Margao: As many as 91 complaints have been filed and cases booked against owners of business establishments in Margao and its surrounding areas in the last three years for cheating consumers. This information was provided in the governments written reply given by the legal metrology department []

Organ donation from one deceased person can help 9 persons New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to people to opt for organ donation, and said his government is working on a uniform policy that will make the process easy and encourage people to adopt the life-saving exercise. Those who donate their organs []

Kolkata: An Indian Navy-organised car expedition covering the entire 7,500-km coastline to encourage sea consciousness was flagged off from Kolkata on Sunday by the Navy chief and the Naval officer in-charge in West Bengal. The expedition, christened Sam No Varunah, was flagged off from INS Netaji Subhas, the Naval headquarters for West Bengal. Held in []