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GOA Goa draws up plans for phase-wise implementation of smart power meters The electricity department will replace all existing meters with smart meters under the government of India’s smart meter national programme. A trial run of 250 smart meters, which provide real time data to the department for better planning, is complete. The meters were placed across Goa … Read more 06.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Steps, funds needed to contain cattle dying in road accidents Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) state general secretary Janardhan S Bhandari demanded that the government release funds for the cattle management scheme and also called for a legislation to contain the killing of bovines by vehicles along national highway 66. He was referring … Read more 05.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Goa’s ecological balance needs community-based governance Wild pigs and monkeys are the talk of the day. Goa’s CM is pondering on declaring wild pigs as vermin, while orchard owners are asserting that monkeys too are a pest. These are two of the many animals involved in the humongous human-wildlife conflict haunting the Indian countryside, … Read more 04.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Implement pension scheme for seafarers: GFP The pension scheme for seafarers should be implemented with immediate effect said Goa Forward Party’s general secretary Prashant Naik at Canacona. Speaking at a function organised by Goan Seafarers Association of India (GSAI) to distribute Covid kits to the seafarers of Canacona taluka, Naik said that the scheme which is formulated by … Read more 03.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA GSL looks at MSMEs to help build warships Goan MSMEs have a major opportunity to participate in ministry of defence contracts by partnering with Goa Shipyard Limited, which has an order book of Rs 14,000 crore, said chairman and managing director, Goa Shipyard Limited B B Nagpal. Nagpal also said that weapon system and sensor … Read more 01-02.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Ready to drop ‘Bhumiputra’ from bill name, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant Faced with widespread criticism against the hurriedly-passed Goa Bhumiputra Adhikarni Bill, 2021, chief minister Pramod Sawant night conceded one “demand”, and promised to drop the word ‘Bhumiputra’ from the bill. Sawant, in a recorded statement released on Tuesday night, said the bill would be … Read more 31.07.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Goa: With entertainment village, Mandrem set to get biggest tourism project Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) plans to set up a mega entertainment village spread over 1.5 lakh sqm in Mandrem. The foundation stone for the proposed project is likely to be laid in the next six months, prior to the assembly elections. While the required land is … Read more 29.06.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Goa-based scientists find extreme rainfall link to Arctic melting The rapid melting of the frigid Arctic nearly 9,000km away is likely to have caused the extreme rainfall witnessed in the Indian sub-continent over the past few decades, say scientists at the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR). A recent study by researchers from India and Norway found … Read more 27-28.06.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Agricultural department’s boost to cultivation of turmeric in Goa Farmers in Goa have been showing interest in growing turmeric given its viability as a commercial spice crop. In a bid to boost turmeric cultivation in Goa the directorate of agriculture is taking up the initiative of urging farmers to grow turmeric as an intercrop along with cashew. Besides … Read more 26.06.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.
GOA Goa: Fitting of digital meters commences from July 1 Scheduled fitments of digital meters in taxis have commenced from July 1 onwards. Until now, the device’s installation was open for all irrespective of their registration number and jurisdictional RTO. The total cost of a digital meter integrated with an automotive tracking device, emergency system and printer … Read more 24.06.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs.