Goa Legislative Assembly

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the fair price shop owners, on the sustainability of their operations due to high input costs such as labour, rent, godown charges, transportation and the situation being further aggravated by  delay in payments by the State Government to the fair price shop owners especially in view of the Schemes under the National Food Security Act and directions to the State Government to fix a margin amount payable in advance to the fair price shop owners and the steps taken in this regards.

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the people of Poriem Constituency over the safety and security of young students from the village of Surla, Sattari  due to irregular buses on the route resulting in students availing of risky alternate mode of transportation and routes to reach school . The Steps the Government will take in the matter.”

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of people of Poriem Constituency, Sattari taluka, Goa regarding the ‘Draft’ Notification of The Gazette of India - Extraordinary [Part II—Sec. 3 (ii)] of Wednesday, July 6, 2022 declaring 56 Villages of Sattari as “Eco-Sensitive Zones”, which is not acceptable, as villages cannot be declared as “eco-sensitive zones” without a plan of action in place. The steps the Government intends to take to drop the 56 villages of Sattari.”

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of people of Keri village in Poriem Constituency, Sattari, Goa regarding muddy quality water supply through the tap since February, 2022 till date. PWD and WRD Laboratories have tested the quality of the raw water and found high iron ore content. Hence, the people of Keri village are being supplied with water containing high iron ore, which looks reddish in colour. This is a very serious issue, as it concerns the health and well being of the people of Keri village. Steps the Government has undertaken in this matter.”

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the dairy farmers of Sattari, operating small businesses, that due to lack of financial assistance and other related facilities, may lead to close down of their operations. The steps/measures the Government has taken in this regard to increase the payment of incentives to them, the procurement of milk price, affordable cow feed, good quality of dry fodder to be made available at Goa Dairy and efficient veterinary facilities such as equipments for blood tests of cattle, essential medicines and good quality semen for cattle breeding and also to expedite the proposal to set up 24 x 7 ambulatory clinic at Veterinary hospital at Honda and the super specialty veterinary hospital at Mulgao at Bicholim.”

Fear and anxiety in the minds of parents due to cancellation of classes due to shortage of school teachers in Govt. Primary Schools (GPS), Poriem constituency.  Presently, 28 teachers from GPS, poriem constituency have been commissioned as Supervisors/ Enumerators to carry out field work 3 days a week as part of the Agriculture census, 2022-23. As most of the Govt. Primary Schools are managed by a single teacher, the schools are forced to remain closed 3 days a week.  This is in addition to the shortage of teachers and non availability of temporary replacement.

The teachers of GPS are over-burdened because besides their regular teaching job, they have to handle activities related to State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Goa Samagra, National Education Policy (NEP), School Management Committee (SMC) etc.

In this context, request the hon\'ble Minister for Education to cancel this additional duty of Agriculture census that has been given to GPS teachers, as this has an adverse impact on the academics of the students.