Oct 2019

GOA   Goa’s grip on primary education sector loosens, private share at 35% for the first time The popularity of a government school education is on the wane in Goa. In 2018, 15 more government primary schools closed down and another 108 are headed down the same path, with an enrolment of ten or fewer … Read more 08.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA   ●      Goa government released Rs.60 crore for GMCH The Goa government released Rs.60 crore for the super-specialty block being constructed at the Goa Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Bambolim, Goa. The fund will be paid in 12 installments of Rs.12 crore each. The Goa Medical College Hospital is being built the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The 500-bed super-specialty facility … Read more 06-07.10.19 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 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   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   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 NIT Goa tie-up a boost for Don Bosco ngineering students To share its knowledge with local colleges, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa, will soon be signing an MoU with Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda It will be a big boost for the engineering college as at present the NIT Goa has … Read more 01.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs