Oct 2020

GOA Goa committee formed to aid cane farmers The state government has constituted the Sugarcane Farmers Facilitation Committee to recommend measures to resolve the hardships faced by cane farmers of the sugar factory in Dharbandora. In the notification issued by director of agriculture Neville Alphonso, the committee will report to the state-level committee. The order has been issued with the approval of chief … Read more 17.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Panels to approve subsidies for micro food processing Moving ahead with the strategy to develop the micro food processing sector in Goa, the state government has constituted committees at the state and district level to approve subsidies for micro food processing enterprises. The industries department has also asked Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to prepare a project implementation plan … Read more 01.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA CM bats for more electric vehicles in Goa The Union government has sanctioned 100 electric buses for the Kadamba Transport Corporation under Phase-II of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme. Statistics have shown that with the rise in the number of vehicles in the state, there’s been a rise … Read more 02.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Goa among five states to meet Centre’s power revenue target Goa is one of only five states to have succeeded in eliminating revenue gaps in power distribution in 2019-20, thus meeting the Centre’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) targets. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) report on state finances, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana and Maharashtra are the … Read more 15.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA PPP cell to discuss stalled heli-tourism, skydiving projects   The Public Private Partnership (PPP) cell of the state government will take up three tourism projects.   The three projects were initiated by Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) but as little progress was made, the state government appointed the PPP cell as a hand-holding agency to complete them. INTERNATIONAL Global Handwashing … Read more 16.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Govt planning new sugar factory in four years’ Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the state government is planning to set up a new sugar factory in the state in the next four years under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana which would be leased out to a company for operation. Gaonkar gave a proposal to the state … Read more 09.10.20 Daily GPSC Current Affairs