Goa Legislative Assembly

This House strongly recommends the Government to commemorate 16th January as ‘Asmitai Dis - Opinion Poll Day’ as an official day of the State Government and hold ‘Asmitai Dis - Opinion Poll Day’ as Official State Function to commemorate the same. The same is to recognize the efforts of proud and brave Goans to maintain their separate identity as Goans.”

“This House strongly recommends the Government to immediately set up a High-Level Inquiry Commission under Retired High Court Judge with Experts from various fields as its members to investigate the cause of Fire Incidents in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Eco Sensitive Zones, Hills and Forest Areas. "The High-Level Commission should be given the mandate to investigate the "Conspiracy Angle" as well as conduct a "Scientific Study" to find the cause of the devastating Fires in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Eco Sensitive Zones, Hills and Forest Areas.”  

“This House strongly recommends the Government to take immediate steps to stop the unjust customs of widow discrimination, widow abuse and widow isolation in the State. A few Village Panchayats in Goa have taken resolutions against such outdated and inhuman customs and that widows be treated on par with married women. The steps the Government intends to take in co-ordination with Directorate of Panchayats, Municipal Administration, Goa State Women’s Commission and Goa Human Rights Commission to convene Gram Sabhas of Village Panchayats, organize awareness meetings in every city and meetings of various NGOs to express solidarity with widows and to boost their confidence against such obsolete and archaic practices prevailing in the community and recommends Government to contemplate bringing a law to stop such unjust practices.” 

This House unanimously and strongly recommends that the contents on "The Chieftains of Cuncolim” be introduced at the appropriate stage in the school and college curriculum consequent on the decision of the Government of Goa to celebrate 15th July 1583 (Cuncolim Revolt) as the National War Memorial Day. The  Gaonkar's of Cuncolim stood up to the colonial powers boycotting the colonial  decrees and registered their protests by not paying any revenue to the Government centuries before similar protests and boycotts got popularized as the “non- cooperation movement”. These deeds of courage, valiant struggle and sacrifices of Goan's and specially the people of Cuncolim should be learnt and taught as part of Goa’s political struggle against colonial powers strictly as historical facts without fanning xenophobia of any kind.

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards Goan Women Self Help Groups across Goa supplying mid day meal with regards to Government decision to rope in Akshay Patra to provide mid day meal to students. The steps the Government intends to take in this regards to protect Goan Women Self Help Groups”

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the establishment of a museum in honour of renowned cartoonist and artist, recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan and numerous awards from Spain, Late Shri Mário de Miranda would be a fitting tribute to his remarkable contribution to art and culture. The steps the Government will take to ensure formation of a committee consisting of art experts, historians, and Government officials to oversee the project, which would be responsible for checking the feasibility of the project, selecting a suitable site, and ensuring that the museum accurately represents his legacy”. 

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the people of Goa due to shortage of water resulting in no supply or irregular supply of water across Goa. The steps the Government intends to take in this regard”. 

Attention of the House is drawn towards the future of Dabolim International Airport. The steps the Government has taken in this regard.”

Attention of the House is called to the massive landslides in Wayanad in Kerala where hundreds of lives were lost and devastation caused to Houses, Environment and animals. Similar landslides have taken place in other parts of India. Goa, too, is experiencing similar incidents. Unplanned and excessive development in ecologically sensitive areas in both districts of Goa including Dharbandora in the Western Ghats are prone to such landslides. The Steps the Government has taken in the matter.

“Attention of the house is drawn to the  incident of unseasonal rain that has caused significant damage to public properties due to collapse/uprooting of trees  and severely impacted cashew production, other agricultural production resulting in substantial losses for our farmers. The Farmers require urgent assistance to compensate for their losses.  Also many people travelling on two wheelers were injured due to slipping on leachate flowing from untreated wet waste at Sonsoddo dumpsite in Fatorda-South Goa affecting most of the people traelling from Curtorim and other areas. There needs to take permanent measures for this menace. The immediate steps Govt. intends to take in this regard.”

“The attention of the House is drawn to the initiatives by the Department of Women & Child Development,  running two ‘One Stop Centre’--SAKHI and ‘Sakhi Shelter Homes’ in South and North Districts to provide immediate relief, counselling and all support for women affected by violence from 2019 to 2024. They were run by bringing on board Women NGO. 

Both these have almost become inactive due to lack of dedicated staff. The Shelter Home is not operational. Both North and South Centres are managed by one official sitting at Apna Ghar. 

Shelter and immediate support to women affected by violence is a crying need. The action/steps the government intends to take in this regard.”  

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the tourism stakeholder-taxi owners, hoteliers, other related businesses and people of the South Goa in general as regards the recent announcement by National Carrier Air India that it is shifting its international operations from Dabolim to Manohar International Airport at Mopa. Since the commissioning of MIA, many airline companies have shifted from Dabolim to Mopa and the trend is growing. Till August 5, 2024, three flight operators shifted their operation from the Goa International Airport (Civil Enclave), at Dabolim to Manohar International Airport at Mopa and the trend is continuing. Despite appeals, government has failed to stop the shifting of airlines from Dabolim to Mopa. Due to shifting of airlines there is drop of passengers at Dabolim airport. This move will have a significant impact on the tourism industry in South Goa. There is fear among the stakeholders and people that Dabolim Airport will be shut to help MIA’s growth. Action the Government will take in this regard”.

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards as in the minds of Students, as Goa University fails to process,update and deliver the marksheets of the students in time, consequently affecting the students year and also their career. Mr.Astle D\'Souza, a resident of Cuncolim has graduated from Cuncolim Educational Society in the year 2023. In 2022 due to personal difficulty he could not answer a 15 marks Geography practicals on the scheduled date but he however answered it the very next month and cleared the paper. But University failed to update his marksheet despite numerous Letters from the Cuncolim College and several Visits to the University since 2022. On 29/07/2024, a Legal notice was issued to the University which was received on 30/07/2024 and immediately within few hours of the notice received they handed over the updated marksheet. Mr. Astle D\'Souza wishes to pursue Law but his admission in law is unlikely to happen as mentioned by the college administration since he furnished the updated marksheet after the stipulated time period and by then the seats were already full.  It is to be noted that he scored 70 in GUCLAT and also graduated with marks more then required to get admission in law. Hence due to the failure of Goa University to issue the updated marksheet in time, this child have to waste a whole year in getting admission in professional colleges. It was seen that there are more than 20 Law Aspirants who are facing the same problem”.

“Fear and Anxiety in the minds of Local Youths and Aspirants at the recruitment advertisement/notification released by the Goa University on 2nd August 2024 for filling post of Lecturers, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors on Regular/Contract basis. The advertisement/notification inviting applications for the vacancies has not specified any requirements of domicile and knowledge of the official language of Goa. It is unthinkable that Recruitment Rules of the Goa University do not provide for these basic safeguards to Local students/youth. This is a very serious issue and the Hon\'ble Chief Minister should act immediately in this matter”.

AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION OF THANKS TO THE ADDRESS OF THE GOVERNOR

 The following  Cut  Motions to  Demand No.1 –Legislature Secretariat,   Demand  No.3 – District & Sessions Court, North Goa,  Demand No. 4 – District & Sessions Court, South Goa, Demand No.10-Notary Services, Demand No.24-Environment, Demand No.28-Administrative Tribunal, Demand No.62-Law and Demand No.67-Ports Administration have been received from the Members as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on  the 6th August, 2024.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 54 – Town and Country Planning, Demand No. 55- Municipal Administration, Demand No.  58- Women and Child Development and Demand No. 68– Department of Forests have been received from the Members as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 5th August, 2024.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 45 – Department of Archives, Demand No. 57 – Social Welfare, Demand No. 77 – River Navigation ; Demand No. 87 – Department of Archaeology and Demand No.89- Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities have been received from the Members as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on 2^nd August, 2024.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 76 – Electricity and Demand No. 86 – New and Renewable Energy have been received from the Members as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 1th August, 2024.

 The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 71 – Co-operation and Demand No. 74 – Water Resources have been received from the Members as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on  31^st July, 2024.