August 2021

GOA Goa CM Pramod Sawant pitches for skill education, points to 50% jobless graduates   Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday made a strong pitch for skill-based education when he pointed out that at least 50% of students remain unemployed upon completing their graduation. He also said the new National Education Policy (NEP) would be implemented in the state … Read more 12.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA   A portal for self-help groups to sell their products   Aiming at empowering rural women, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday launched www.goabazaar.org that would provide an online platform for self-help groups (SHGs) to sell their homemade products. Sawant said that state government will provide land at public places to set up stalls to sell products made by SHGs. … Read more 15-16.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival   The first of its kind, a world-class festival platform offered for young filmmakers to express their talents and contribute to the common good. This two day festival will take place in almost 135 countries in multiple locations with forums and meet-ups, featuring new and established voices. A worldwide Salesian film festival, … Read more 23.08.21 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 Include topographic maps in coastal zone plan to prevent disasters in Goa: Greens   A cause of concern for environmentalists is that while the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) has used toposheets to prepare the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), the agency has carried out no independent study to determine the state’s coastal geomorphology. Environmentalists are of … Read more 25.08.21 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 Goa top state in country in education infra, says CM Pramod Sawant   Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that Goa is the number one state in India with regards to infrastructure in the education sector and human resource in the primary, secondary, higher secondary and higher education levels.   Sawant, who was speaking after … Read more 08-09.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

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 State to e-auction over 2 million tonne iron ore on Aug 27 The state government has put up over 2 million tonnes of iron ore for the e-auction scheduled on August 27, to generate revenue for the state. This is the 26th e-auction, and will be conducted by the directorate of mines and geology. … Read more 18.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA   Only Rs 16 crore of Rs 608.4 crore plan spent by Panaji Smart City Marred by delay in allocation of funds and faulty prioritisation of projects, the Centre’s ambitious Smart City Mission appears to have floundered in Goa. Five years after Panaji was put on the fast track to smartness on the basis of a Rs 608.4 … Read more 11.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs