Enemy property to be e-auctioned if occupant refuses purchase offer: Union Home Ministry amends guidelines
Digital Goa, March 19 – Union Home Ministry has amended the guidelines for disposal of the enemy properties in the country. Nearly 295 properties amounting to around 3.5 lakh sqr mtr of land have been identified as enemy property if Goa so far. The amendment to the Guidelines for the disposal of Enemy Property Order, 2018 issued by the...
Award for land acquisition for double tracking project from Kulem to Vasco issued; Environmental objections rejected
🔸 Award for land acquisition for double tracking project from Kulem to Vasco issued; Environmental objections rejectedDigital Goa, March 19 - Land acquisition authority for double tracking project from Kulem to Vasco has issued public notice of the award for acquisition of land by dismissing all objections raised on environmental grounds to the project. A total of 0.9985 hectares...
Security guard & CCTV must on every ATM in South Goa from April 1
Digital Goa, Mar 16 – All ATM machines in South Goa will have to compulsorily depute a security guard and install CCTV camera from April 1. South Goa Collector has issued an order to this effect in view of increasing cases of ATM thefts in South Goa. Action will be taken against the banks which are not complying with...
Cultural mapping of 421 villages of Goa on cards; barcoded UID for every artisan & crafts person
Digital Goa, Mar 17 - 421 villages are selected for cultural mapping in the State of Goa, 202 in South District and 219 in North District, Rajya Sabha was told in a written reply. Under the initiative a barcoded Unique Identification Codes (UID) will be created for artists and crafts persons in the village. Tourism will be linked with...
Processing fee & change of zone charges for ‘corrections’ in Regional Plan notified by govt
Digital Goa, Mar 16 – Goa govt has notified processing fees and change of zone fees for correcting inadvertent errors, and inconsistent and incoherent zoning proposals in the Regional Plan. ▪️ If the area of land in respect of which the correction is proposed in upto 500 sqr mtr the application processing fee is Rs 5,000, there is no additional...
Wilfred Goes given additional charge as Principal of Goa College of Art
Digital Goa, Mar 16 - Wilfred E. Goes, Assistant Professor in Fine Art (Applied Art), Goa College of Art, Altinho, Panaji-Goa will hold the charge of Principal, Goa College of Art in addition to his own duties with effect from March 31 until further orders.
Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation board reconstituted
Digital Goa, Mar 16 - Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation board has been reconstituted under the Chairmanship of Anil Hoble. Dayanand Karbotkar is the Vice Chairman. Other directors of the board include Siddesh Pednekar, Mahanand Asnodkar, Yeshwant Kanolkar, Avadhoot Naik, Suryakant Naik, Director- Social Welfare, Representative of Lead Bank viz SBI, Panaji,...
KTCL board reconstituted
Digital Goa, Mar 16 - Board of Directors of Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited has been reconstituted by the govt. MLA Ulhas Tuenkar continues to be the chairman of KTCL. Kritesh Gaonkar is the Vice Chairperson. Other members of the board of directors are Bayo Bhandari, Shamba Gaonkar, Prabhakar Gaonkar, Samir Dayanand Mandrekar, Madhukala Shirodkar, Kapil Sardesai, Ujwala Naik, Director...
If panchayat, BDO don’t act within 60 days, building nod shall be ‘deemed to have been granted’ ; amendment to Panchayat Raj Act notified
Digital Goa, Mar 16 – Goa govt has notified the amended to the Goa Panchayat Raj Act wherein building nod will be deemed to be granted if the panchayat and the Block Development officer(BDO) fail take a decision on the application for construction licence within 60 days. The Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act 13 of 2023),...
Nearly 30 Kg smuggled gold seized in Goa in last 3 years
Digital Goa, Mar 17 – Almost 30.05 Kg gold was seized and 36 gold smuggling cases have been registered in Goa from the year 2020 to Feb 2023, Rajya Sabha was told in a written reply. Of this maximum i.e. 12.22 Kg gold was seized in 2021 in 13 cases. 2022 saw 15 cases and 8.9 Kg gold was...
