August 2021

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 severely lacks in quality data on water availability Goa is not a water stressed state, however, all of the estimated water in the state is not available for human consumption. The state severely lacks reliable and quality data on water availability and discharge of its rivers. Rigorous studies are therefore needed to … Read more 21-22.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Plastic flows through Goa’s tap water: NIO   People in Goa may be ingesting microplastics along with their drinking water, a new study by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and Delhi-based advocacy group Toxics Link has found. The study—Clean Drinking Water: A Pipe Dream?—assessed Goa’s tap water and found that the potable water supplied to homes … Read more 10.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA   To boost e-vehicle sector, charging stations must: CII   Given that the electric vehicle industry is at a nascent stage, the state government must support the sector with a two-pronged strategy of ensuring that electric vehicles are affordable while also ensuring an accommodative policy for manufacturers and energy providers in Goa, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) … Read more 24.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Postal department’s heritage building to be home to India’s second philately museum The Goa philatelic museum is set to be inaugurated this year in the erstwhile premises of the department of posts in Panaji, a centuries-old heritage building that overlooks the Latin quarter on one side and river Mandovi on the other. This will be the second museum in … Read more 17.08.21 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 … Read more 14.08.21 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 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   National-level conclave for startups in Goa   A two-day Start-up Conclave and Entrepreneurship Summit – ‘AnthaPrerna’ will be held in Goa from August 29 with a focus on Goa’s tech ecosystem. Organised by the Start-up Promotion Cell (SPC), the conclave will serve as a common platform for startups, investors, mentors and other IT … Read more 19.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA   Reduce VAT on natural gas from 12.5% to 3%, says Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry   Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has written to chief minister Pramod Sawant asking for value-added tax (VAT) on piped natural gas (PNG) for industrial use to be reduced from 12.5% to 3%. GCCI president Ralph De Sousa said the … Read more 07.08.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs