Oct 2019

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 ‘Industrial estates to be alcohol-free zones’   The industries department has cleared a proposal to declare all the 32 industrial estates in Goa as alcohol-free zones.   No excise licenses will be granted for bars and alcohol retail stores within the industrial estates.   The move to declare the industrial estates as alcohol-free zones is aimed at improving … Read more 30.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA ·       30 French companies to attend investment conclave ð The state is all set to host at least 30 French firms that are looking to invest or increase their existing investment in India and even in Goa, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) officials said. ð The French companies, along with several more Indian firms, … Read more 29.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa Post sets up foreign post office to expedite e-commerce exports The department of posts, Goa has recently started a foreign post office at its head office in Panaji. This is following the integration of India Post with foreign postal systems, in a bid to boost exports through e-commerce. As a result, any product … Read more 27-28.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA ● Goa gets first hybrid renewable energy plant at Verna Goa’s first 50 KW wind solar hybrid energy plant has been installed at Pfizer Limited’s manufacturing unit at Verna Industrial Estate. In the future, Revayu Systems plans to install another 400 KW hybrid rooftop project for United Breweries Limited at Ponda. Revayu Systems has … Read more 26.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Centre snubs Goa on Mhadei, allows Karnataka to divert water   The source of drinking water for 43% of Goa’s population, the Mhadei, runs the risk of being depleted after the Centre on Wednesday granted environmental clearance for Karnataka’s Kalasa-Bhandura drinking water project.   If the Mhadei is depleted, Goa’s biodiversity will take a major hit, as … Read more 25.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA At 0.1%, Goa boasts lowest crime rate in India Goa is one of the best places in India to live in as the number of crimes has been the least among other states between 2015 and 2017, states the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) statistics. Crime incidents in Goa were just a fraction (0.1%) … Read more 24.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA 500 ‘organic clusters’ to be farmed in Goa   Around 500 ‘organic farming’ clusters will be formed in Goa, with around 50 clusters in Bardez alone, under the Paramparaghat Krishi Vikas Yogana (PKVY).   Each of the clusters will have an area of 20 hectares and the farmers will be given organic fertilisers and … Read more 23.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Naik to support production of sanitary pads   Union Ayush minister Shripad Naik said he would try to bring the project to produce sanitary pads for Goa’s villages under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme.   He said he would try to bring the project under the MPLAD scheme, to attempt to give every panchayat atleast one … Read more 22.10.19 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