GOA

Just one university shows interest to set up maritime school

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The proposed Goa Institute of Maritime Excellence (GIME) has run into rough waters even before its inception, as only one university has responded to the states call for bidders to set up the institute.

The official said that the government has now to take a decision whether or not to allow the university to go ahead, or to re-tender it. The Captain of (CoP) had recently invited bids from interested national and international educational institutions and developers to redevelop the existing maritime school into a world-class GIME.

The state had decided to start 22 long-term, short-term, mandatory, and optional courses at GIME. A senior official said the concessionaire would have to run six mandatory courses and 16 optional ones.

Some of the other courses MICE was supposed to run are maritime MBA courses such as shipping and Logistics management, port and shipping management, shipping and finances, etc. The yacht training courses include master of yachts for coastal, open sea, and ocean-going yachts.

Governor prorogues budget session

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GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari has prorogued 14th budgetsessionfrom May 12, and now thebudgetwould be passed in monsoon session, said a senior officer.

Recently the state cabinet had taken a decision to prorogue theassemblysession.

After the opposition decided not to attend the meeting to decide on the budget session, chief minister Pramod Sawant cancelled the meeting and spoke to the members over the phone.

In March, the state legislative assembly session was cut short by over two weeks and adjourned till July 19 after the state Election Commission declared the schedule for the second phase of the municipal Elections, bringing into force the Model Code Of Conduct.

All pending business of the house which was listed for the coming days, including the discussion on the budgetary demands and the private members bills submitted by the opposition, was earlier decided to be taken up for discussion and consideration in July, after the session resumes.

No Gujarat beach features in projects funded by Centre

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Despite the laying Stress on promoting beach tourism, none of Gujarat’s beaches feature on the list of projects financed by the Union Government to encourage the development of beaches as tourist destinations.

None of Gujarat’s beaches feature in the list of beneficiaries. Since 2014-15, the assistance of Rs 631 crore has been provided for the development of beaches. This is despite the state having the longest coastline in the country, spanning over 1,600 kilometres and dotted by several beaches.

Cabinet clears Rs 4 crore spent on 60th L-Day launch celebration

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The has spent funds to the tune of around Rs 4 crore tolaunchthe year-long celebrations of the 60th year of Goas Liberation from December 19, 2020.

The cabinet note said that the state government has decided to constitute a state-level organising and monitoring committee headed by thechief ministerfor coordinating the celebrations.

The committee authorised the chief minister to take urgent decisions.

The council of ministers also vested the chairman of the committee with financial and administrative powers, including the power to relax the codal formalities, where deemded appropriate, to enable timely planning and execution of planned activities/programmes.

Will see up to 30,000 private sector jobs in next 5 years: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

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CM PramodSawant said that apart from the 10,000 governmentjobson the anvil, at least 25,000-30,000 private sector jobs will be created once the new international airport at Mopa and the electronic manufacturing cluster at Tuem get ready over five years.

Sawant said that over the past five years, along with the white and green revolutions, great achievements have been made in the state to increase fish wealth.

Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture minister Chandrakant Kavlekar emphasised on streamlining schemes while providing funds to farmers for agricultural development. He said that the government is making efforts to double the income of farmers.

Only 20% government schools in Goa have computers: Central data

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officials have often wondered aloud about the reason for constantly declining enrolment in government-run schools in Goa. Now, theUnion Education ministrys data released for 2021-22 on Thursday may provide some answers.

The Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) data has shown stark difference in availability of computer and Internet facilities in government schools as compared to aided and private schools in Goa.

Only 54.4% schools in Goa had functionalcomputersin 2021-22. But the state Average was largely dragged down by the less-than-desirable facilities in government schools. Only 20.3% government schools had functional computers in the state, compared to 94.1% in aided schools and 95.7% in private schools.
Goas aided and private schools also did much better than most other states, as the national average for aided schools with functional computers stood at 67.5% and for private schools at 71.9%.

Government schools in Goa were, however, ahead in one aspect use of mobile phones for TEACHING purposes during the pandemic. Nearly 45% state-run schools in Goa used mobiles for teaching, as against 16% nationally.

Goa government plans to revive, create 100 water bodies in forest areas

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Seeking innovative ways to reduce man-animal conflicts, the forest department plans to create and revive around 100 newwater bodiesin forests that dot the state. The move, along with plantation of scores of fruit-bearing trees in the jungles will help prevent wild animals from straying into human habitations.

The theme for this World Environment Day is Restoring the Ecosystem, and Sawant called on all stakeholders to help preserve and protect forests, wild animals and other https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources. Ironically, Sawant has vehemently refused to engage with wildlife activists and environmentalists who waged a long campaign to stop trees from being felled in the Mollem wildlife sanctuary.

State to use portal to bring govt at doorstep

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The will use the Maha Labharthi (mega beneficiary) portal for effective implementation of itsShasan Aplya Dari(government at your doorstep) scheme, which officials said will increase the schemes scope.

Chief ministerEknath Shindesuggested that the portal should also be used so that the maximum citizens can get benefits easily.

Officials said the initiative ofShasan Aaplya Dariis running in every district and it has been planned so that citizens get different benefits under one roof at one place. Arrangements have been made, they said. Shinde expressed the belief that the scope of the scheme will increase as citizens will be able to avail the benefits of the scheme by themselves or by filling their information at an authorized centre through the beneficiary portal.

At cost of Rs 1.7 crore, Goa tourism to head to Europe to get more responsible tourists

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GoasBhaktiKulkarni has been recommended for theArjuna Awardby the selection panel headed by retired SC AM Khanwilkar.
Should, as expected, the Sports ministry accepts the recommendation of the selection committee, the chess queen will be the first Goan woman to receive the top sporting honour, and the first non-footballer from the state.
Two Goans,Padma Shri Brahmanand Shankhwalkar(1998) and Bruno Coutinho (2001), both footballers, have won theArjunaAward in the past.

Bhakti said the last five years performances were considered for the award.
Bhakti also won the team gold medal in the online chess Olympiad in August 2020 and Asian Nations Cup online in October the same year.

Govt gave yachting assn undue benefit, Goa lost Rs 4 crore: CAG

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The river departments (RND) failure to act against the illegal use of 251 sqm of land at Dona Paula has given the GoaYachtingAssociation (GYA) undue benefit while the government incurred a loss of Rs 4 crore since 2011-12, found an internal audit.

Authorities have assessed the rental value of the 251sqm of land and have concluded that the RND has done little to stem the loss to thestateexchequer either through a rental agreement or eviction.
The government may initiate recovery of rent as well as execution of the rent agreement or evacuation process, an official said.

Pearl Colvalcar, another trainee with the GYA won the silver medal in the Laser Radial Class at the Senior National Sailing Championship and the GYA is now trying to prepare sailors for the Asian Games 2022 and Paris Olympics 2024.