Goa Legislative Assembly

*WILL the Minister for Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs be pleased to state:

1. the total number of BPL ration card holder in Goa and the number of APL and BPL ration cards that have been cancelled because the income of families have exceeded the income limit;
2. the minutes of the meetings of State Food Commission of the last 5 years;
3. furnish the copy of file notings related to the recent decision of cancellation of ration cards of families that have exceeded the income limit;
4. furnish details of procedure for cancelling the ration cards for exceeding the income limit including the details of grievances redressal mechanisms; and
5. the details of all ration cards cancelled since FY 2020-21 till date along with the dates when notices were sent?

*WILL the Minister for Tourism be pleased to state:

1. furnish copies of the minutes of meetings of the Goa Tourism Board and its various Sub Committees or Empowered Committees along with the minutes of meeting of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) held in the last 5 years;
2. furnish copies of the file notings, DPR and Lease agreement of all tourism properties and hotels that have been leased/ handed over or is in process of being leased/ handed over to private entities till date;
3. the detailed break up of all the payments and commissions paid by the Goa Tourism Department, GTDC or any other bodies under Goa Tourism in the last 5 years for services provided by GEL along with copies of file notings related to hiring of GEL for providing services and approval of payments thereof;
4. the list of all private limited companies that have been given shack license or have been given to the companies as sub-lease including location of shack, lease amount and whether permission was taken for sub-leasing the shack; and
5. the list of all the assurances made by the Tourism Minister in his reply to demands speech during the year 2022 monsoon session of the Goa Legislative Assembly along with the status of the assurances?

WILL the Minister for Agriculture be pleased to state:

(a) the financial position of the Department as on 1st March, 2023; furnish details
(b) when breaching of notified bund is reported the process undertaken to attend to such incidents;
(c) the current status of proposals in respect of Aldona Constituency in respect of breaches of notified bunds;
(d) is it a fact that if bund breaches are not attended ly, the fields and drinking water wells become saline rendering them unfit for consumption; 
(e) whether the Government is keen on promoting Agriculture; if so, the steps taken to:
      (i) to prevent such disaster; and
      (ii) remedy the damage?

WILL the Minister for Tourism be pleased to state:

(a) the numerous cases of driving luxurious cars on the beaches with action the Government has taken in this regard to curb such unwanted driving on the beaches of Goa;
(b) the total number of cases registered against driving on beaches in North and South Goa with details thereof;
(c) the action taken by Tourism Department against driving on beaches in North and South Goa with details thereof; and
(d) the steps the Government intends to take against driving on the beach at the turtle nesting site at Morjim with details thereto?

WILL the Minister for Tourism be pleased to state:

(a) the identification drive carried out by the Tourism Department recently in Vagator, Anjuna and Calangute / Baga and other coastal stretches of  Bardez Taluka to identify and clear the encroachments on public / Government land, furnish details of the same;
(b) the total area after the identification drive, details be provide including area, and survey number in Bardez Taluka; and 
(c) whether any area was usurped and which has been recovered during the demarcation drive; if so, provide details of the same in Bardez Taluka?