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DAILY
GOA
NEWS
CLIPS
27 Mar 2008 |
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Narvekar
presents
Rs.4686.27
crore
maiden
budget
 PANJIM:
Finance
Minister
Dayanand
Narvekar,
on March
26,
presented
his
maiden
budget
that
offers
a number
of sops
to the
much
talked
of "aam
aadmi"
and
levied
taxes
and
cess
on transportation
of iron
ore,
coal,
and
other
products
of the
mining
industry.
Narvekar's
revenue
surplus
budget
of Rs.225.64
crore
but
with
an estimated
Rs.799.42
crore
fiscal
deficit
for
2008-09,
was
presented
by him
in the
Legislative
Assembly
with
a marathon,
nearly
three-hour
speech.
It had
an estimated
Rs.4,687.27
crore
budget
expenditure
as against
Rs.3,725
crore
of the
current
fiscal,
and
increase
of over
25 per
cent.
Narvekar
offered
waiver
of agriculture,
housing
and
panchayat
loans
besides
providing
subsidies
to the
poor
which
would
cost
about
Rs.100-crore.
He,
however,
nets
an additional
Rs.300
crore
through
increase
of taxes
and
duties
on the
richer
segments
including
excise,
house
building
and
entertainment
and
mining
transport
sectors.
The
other
highlight
was
the
offer
of plots
to women
entrepreneurs
in industrial
estates,
subsidies
to encourage
rain
water
harvesting,
welfare
of economically
weaker
sections
and
encouragement
for
self-employment
and
infra-structure
development
in villages.
[GT]
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Dhavlikar
floored over DSS scheme
PANJIM:
Social Welfare Minister
Sudin Dhavvlikar faced
anxious moments in the
House as the Opposition
BJP MLAs turned the
heat on him over the
Dayanand Social Security
Scheme. Non-receipt
of cheques by the beneficiaries
of the scheme, the proposed
re-survey of the beneficiaries,
step-motherly treatment
accorded to beneficiaries
by disbursing banks
were some of the issues
the opposition BJP MLAs
used to put the Social
Welfare Minister on
the mat. [GT]
Govt
pushing goa into debt
trap: BJP
PANAJI, Mar 26: Terming
the Goa budget 2008-09
as a 'mountain out of
a molehill' budget,
the leader of the Opposition,
Mr Manohar Parrikar,
today stated that within
less than four years
of his departure as
chief minister, the
Congress government
has succeeded in taking
the state into a debt
trap. Addressing a press
conference, Mr Parrikar
said total external
state debts would cross
Rs.5,000 crore mark
by the year-end. "The
fiscal deficit is almost
Rs.800 crore,"
he said. {NT]
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Rahejas
challenge decision
to scrap SEZ
PANJIM: One
of the Special
Economic Zone
promoters, M/s
K Raheja Corporation
Ltd, Mumbai,
has approached
the Bombay High
Court at Panjim
challenging
Goa government's
decision to
scrap SEZs in
the state.
The
petitioner pointed
out that the
company had
so far invested
about Rs.182
crore after
the Central
government notified
its SEZ project
at Phase IV,
Verna Industrial
Estate. It prayed
that the state
government should
reconsider its
decision since
the company
would face huge
losses. [GT]
Vagator
residents sore
over sound pollution
by hotel
MAPUSA,
Mar 26: Residents
of Vagator are
annoyed over
the manner in
which a hotel
at Vagator has
been conducting
rave parties
and late night
music parties
with loud music
being played
throughout the
night. Even
though the concerned
authorities
have been briefed
abut the situation,
nobody has been
willing to take
action.
[NT]
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Govt
to outsource
upkeep of KTC
bus stands:
Dhavlikar
 PANJIM:
In three months
from now, all
KTC bus stands
in the state
are slated to
have a new look.
The government
proposes to
outsource this
exercise to
interested private
parties. On
the other hand,
as a via-media,
opposition leader
Manohar Parrikar
wanted Transport
Minister Sudin
Dhavlikar to
plough back
about 25 per
cent of the
earnings of
the KTC bus
stands to maintain
cleanliness
at these terminals.
[GT]
One
succumbs to
injuries
MARGAO,
Mar 26: Gerson
Lopes, a resident
of Borda, aged
85, who was
seriously injured
in a motorcycle
accident that
was reported
near St Joaquim
Chapel, Borda,
yesterday, succumbed
to his injuries
today morning
at the Goa Medical
College and
Hospital, Bambolim.
Lopes was hit
by the motorcycle.
[NT]
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Guarantee
period for bridges to
be fixed at 4 years:
Alemao
PANJIM: Varying
guarantee periods for
different types of works
executed by the PWD
became a bone of contention
in the House on March
26. With the Opposition
BJP members insisting
on extending the guarantee
period for bridges from
three to five years,
the PWD Minister Churchill
Alemao relented even
as he spoke of changing
the PWD Manual to make
this possible. [GT]
NCW
to prepare report on
Scarlette's death
NEW DELHI,
PTI, Mar 26: The National
Commission for Women
today said it will "independently
prepare" a report
on the death of British
teenager Scarlette Eden
Keeling in Goa last
month and voiced concern
over the "state"
of her mother who is
"fighting her battle"
all alone. [NT]
Latest
equipment in
Fire Services'
kit
PANJIM:The Goa
State Fire and
Emergency Services
introduced new
equipment, on
March 26, that
can help to
trace the injured
person who is
trapped below
the debris or
underwater.
it is a one
of its kind
camera that
makes this job
possible. [GT]
Konkani
course in Roman
script
PANJIM,
Mar 24: The
Thomas Stephens
Konknni Kendr
will conduct
a crash Konknni
course from
April 16 to
May 15 in Roman
script for those
who are familiar
with spoken
Konknni and
know to read
Konknni in Roman
script at TSKK
premises at
Alto-Porvorim.
Admissions are
based on first
come basis.
Tel: 2415857,
2415864. [H]
FRIDAY
BALCAO
on 28th March
from 4 pm. to
6 pm. at Goa
Desc Resource
Centre No.11,
Liberty Apartments,
Feira Alta,
Mapusa, will
discuss the
topic "Food
Safety: Making
it a Reality
in our Homes
& the Neighbourhood"
in an open discussion.
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Drive
to fight global
warming
PANJIM:
Greenpeace organisation
has launched
a campaign in
Goa to pressurise
local legislators
to act on the
global warming
issue before
the state faces
climate-related
disasters. "The
effort is also
to educate the
people to play
safe, to protect
the environment
and thereby
to pressurise
the centre to
act instantly
in the matter,"
said the campaigner
of Greenpeace,
Amrit Bakshi.
[GT]
'Memory
of Horses' at
Goa Velha
GOA VELHA: Subodh
Kerkar will
be creating
an installation
at Goa Velha
beach on March
27 at 11 am.
Goa Velha was
the capital
of the Kadamba
dynasty in the
11th, 12 and
13th centuries
and was known
as Gopakapatanam.
Subodh Kerkar
will create
a composition
of horse shoes
on the shore
during low tide
using locally
available shells.
The high tide
will slowly
cover the "Memory
of the Horses".
For further
information
9326119324.
[GT]
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Tatas
acquire Jaguar, Land
Rover for $2.3 billion
LONDON, (PTI), Mar 26:
Creating history, India's
top corporate Tatas
today acquired
luxury auto brands -
Jaguar and Land Rover
- from Ford Motor for
$2.3 billion, stamping
their authority as a
takeover tycoon. Beating
compatriot Mahindra
and Mahindra
for the prestigious
brands, just
a year after acquiring
steel giant Corus for
$12.1 Billion, Tatas
today announced the
deal they signed with
Ford, which on its part
would chip in $600 million
towards JLR's pension
plan. [NT]
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P O R T S |
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Ivana
shares third
place
PANJIM: World
Under-8 chess
champion Ivana
Furtado was
placed joint
third with nine
other players
after Round
3 of the Sydney
Open international
chess tournament.
The nine-round
tournament ends
on March 29
after which
Ivana travels
to Bangkok,
Thailand for
another round.
[GT]
Natasha
loses in final
to Thai girl
PANJIM: State's
tennis hope
and top seed
Natasha Palha
went down fighting
to Thai girl
Veena Doungkeav,
seeded second,
in the finals
of the ITF Asian
jubilee school
under-14 junior
tennis championships
at Jakarta,
Indonesia, early
this week. [GT]
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26
Mar: Miramar/Borda:
GERSON LOPES:
Husband of Mella,
father of Marie
Del/Angelo Alvares,
Joel/Jeanette
(Muscat), Linda/Manuel
Colaco (USA),
Denzil/Odette;
grandfather
of Melanie/Timotio,
Lisa/Pinaki,
Doreen, Lauren,
Ryan, Jonathan,
Joanne; great
grandfather
of Daniel Cesar.
26 Mar: Cortalim-Chovoth:
CATARINA BARRETO:
Relict of late
Antonio Francisco,
mother of Gloire/Sabina,
peter/Popsy,
Claudio/Milgrina,
Mila/Milagrina.
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GOA WEATHER |
TEMP:
26.6 degC; 79.9
degF &
HUMIDITY:
79% (at 10.00
hrs.)
The
early morning
sunrays filter
through the
rain-washed
folliage this
morning in Goa.
It appears that
the sudden weather-change,
which triggered
the recent unseasonal
showers, has
moved over.
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GT=Gomantak Times; WE=Weekender;
H=Herald;
NT=The Navhind
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