Oct 2019

GOA   Goa: Forest department mulls over marine wildlife division The increasingly frequent instances of injured and dead turtles getting beached on Goa’s coastline , and the more recent sperm whale carcass that washed ashore on Bimvel beach, has urged the state forest department to contemplate the establishment of a marine wildlife division. In the financial year … Read more 03.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: Private forests report gets 1,300 objections The three-member committee constituted by the state government to finalise and submit the report on private forest areas has received around 1,300 objections and suggestions from those whose properties have been identified as private forests. The committee, constituted in August, will also review the report submitted by two committees on private forests and … Read more 20-21.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Bogus beneficiaries of social scheme get notices from Goa government With an aim to recover money from illegal beneficiaries of the Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS), the department of social welfare has started issuing notices to the 11,000-odd illegal beneficiaries it has identified. Under the scheme, the government gives a monthly financial aid of … Read more 05.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA   To track buses, Goa transport department plans to fit them with GPS soon The state transport department is in the process of setting up a system to monitor passenger vehicles wherein a global positioning system (GPS) is fitted on them. These GPS will be installed on stage coaches operating in the state to track their … Read more 02.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA First section of new Zuari bridge to open in December 2020   A section of the new eight-lane Zuari bridge will be opened to public only in December 2020, a whole year behind schedule. It was previously announced that a four-lane section of the under-construction bridge would be ready and opened in December 2019.   The … Read more 19.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: Marriage records since 1965 to go online soon   Soon, citizens won’t require to go the registrar’s office to collect copies of their marriage certificates as the state government is set to move all records from 1965 online.   In phase one, marriage certificates will only be available for viewing with the option … Read more 31.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa among best small states in school education Manipur, Tripura and Goa emerged as the best performing among eight smaller states in the Niti Aayog School Education Quality Index for 2016-17. Goa moved a spot up in its overall performance, gaining 8.2 percentage points over the 2015-16 report. Goa’s performance ‘outpaced’ that of others, … Read more 04.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Pramod Sawant proposes separate postal circle for Goa   Chief minister Pramod Sawant  asked the Centre to delink Goa postal region from the Maharashtra circle so that more Goans could avail of employment opportunities with India Posts. Presently, there is a small reservation for Goans in the Maharashtra region. But since Marathi is compulsory and Konkani is … Read more 15.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: New centre of excellence to focus on skill-building   The state opened a ‘centre of excellence for employability enhancement’, to provide skill improvement and entrepreneurship training to students from engineering colleges and other technical institutions. To mark the event, 163 MoUs were signed between Goa’s five engineering colleges and various companies. There are … Read more 17.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa government launched 112 as a new integrated emergency number for police   TheGoa government launched112 as the new integrated emergency number for police, fire and medical emergency contact. This replaces the traditional dial number 100. The announcement was made by the Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawan. The services have been launched with the help of the Union … Read more 09.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs