Goa Legislative Assembly

*WILL the Minister for Health be pleased to state: 

(a) the number deaths in the State due to viral diseases for last five years; 
(b) furnish details of deaths due to Covid-19 and other viral diseases for the last 5 years; 
(c) the reasons for increase or decrease in deaths due to viral diseases other than from Covid-19; 
(d) the number of deaths in the State due to Pneumonia in last five years; and 
(e) the reasons for increase in cases of Pneumonia in recent years? 
 

*WILL the Minister for Power be pleased to state: 

(a) the quantum of electricity consumed and revenue generated from consumers; 
(b) whether there is a 40% discrepancy between power consumption and gross revenue due to illegal use of power by establishment/consumers; if so, furnish details;  
(c) the action taken by the Government on such illegalities; 
(d) whether the Government has devised any scheme to compensate consumers in case of damages to computers, television and other electrical equipments due to power fluctuation; if so, furnish details; 
(e) the status of Goa Tanmar Project and will it resolve the power fluctuation issues of Ribandar, Panaji and Taleigao; 
(f) the status of upgradation and strengthening of power infrastructure for Panaji and Taleigao Constituency for which 120 crore have been sanctioned; if so, furnish details; and 
(g) the status of underground power cabling in Panaji and Taleigao Constituency? 

 

*WILL the Minister for Sports &Youth Affairs be pleased to state: 

(a) whether the Government has made provision to reverse the injustice done to Hockey Players by allocating the hockey ground at Fatorda for tennis; 
(b) whether the constant postponement/withdrawal from the National Games has resulted in imposing of penalties by IOC; 
(c) the time frame for holding the National Games in the State; 
(d) whether the Government has released funds to Associations to start their camps to prepare for the National Games; 
(e) whether the Hockey Coach Alexander Remedios NIS has retired; 
(f) whether the Association lacks coaches in the South, the initiatives  the Department will take to recruit more coaches; and 
(g) whether the distribution of sports kit though MLAs has been stopped? 
 

WILL the Minister for Tourism be pleased to state: 
   
(a) the precautions taken by the Government to monitor the tourist entering from Covid-19 affected states of India; 
(b) whether the Tourism Department has undertaken tours to promote tourism internationally from 2019 till March 2020 and the amount of money spent and whether a report of analysis is being prepared; 
(c) the initiative Government has taken  to interact with Goa Chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industries and the Chairman Lalit Saraswat and utilize their expertise instead of going abroad to get ideas; 
(d) whether the Department has any proposal to beautify the Panaji Church; 
(e) the number of ancestral homes in Panaji that have availed facilities to maintain heritage culture, specify; 
(f) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the need to meter speedily implement fixing of taxi meters; 
(g) whether Rs.99.35 crores is sanctioned for tourism project at Dona Paula under Swadesh Darshan Scheme; the name of the Agency that is undertaking the work; furnish details of 13.71 crores spent for parking facilities, renovation of jetty, pergolas, kiosk, give the details of the amount separately; and 
(h) whether many Villas / Flats have been given to tourist  to stay for several weeks and months; and whether those are registered with the Department and the quantum of  income the Department is earning and the measures the  Department will  take to monitor these? 
 

*WILL the Minister for Rural Development be pleased to state: 

(a) the total number of works undertaken under GGSY in  North and South with the total cost; 
(b) the list of beneficiaries under the following schemes for the last 5 years; 
i) IAY; 
ii) NFBS; 
iii) NOAPS; 
iv) PMGSY; 
(c) the names of the Panchayats that have been allocated funds for MGNREGA with amount of fund allocated; 
(d) the reason the State has not availed  much benefit from the Central Schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan  Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY),  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee National Urban Mission and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP); 
(e) the efforts made by the  Department regarding National Rural Livelihoods Mission with details; and 
(f) whether the State Government has given the rank of a full-fledged Department to the Rural Development Agency(RDA) by naming it as Department of Rural Development; if so, the details of benefits obtained due to full fledged Department?