Goa Legislative Assembly

This House recommends the Government to use the Leprosarium property in the Curtorim village  to establish a well-designed cultural centre, library, mini museum  in the name of Padma Bhushan Dr Jose Pereira to be built and managed by the Directorate of Art & Culture to boost cultural, literary and Indological  research activities in areas such as ethnomusicology, art, sculptures, architecture, sociolinguistics, folklore like  Mando, Dekhni of Goa and make Curtorim, Salcete  a well-known place for scholars, artists and international visitors

“This House strongly recommends the Government to request the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to establish a Circuit Bench in Panaji, for the benefit/convenience of environmentalist, litigants, lawyers, Government officials and the public at large in the State.”

 The following Members spoke on the Resolution.

 1. Shri Aleixo R. Lourenco, MLA

2. Shri Churchill Alemao, MLA

 SHRI NILESH CABRAL, Minister for Environment replied to the points raised by the Mover.

 The Resolution was put to vote and negatived

This House unanimously resolves the Government that the new foundation stone laid for Panchayat Ghar area (plot) in front of Church near Rachol ferry at Rachol has facilities like daycare for Senior Citizens, resource room for Special Children and other facilities like Convention Hall under Tribal Schemes as the majority of population comprises of ST people.”

SHRI GOVIND GAUDE, Minister for Tribal Welfare replied to the points raised by the Mover.

The Resolution was withdrawn by the leave of the House.

This House unanimously resolves to name the College of Architecture in memory of late Charles Correia as Charles Correia College of Architecture.”

SHRI ALEIXO R. LOURENCO, MLA spoke on the Resolution.

SHRI LAXMIKANT PARSEKAR, Chief Minister replied to the points raised by the Mover.

The Resolution was withdrawn by the leave of the House.

“This House resolves to study in brief the various Acts through public opinion by forming a Committee and to bring forth Amendments to the Agricultural Tenancy Act in order to protect the tenancy of the people of Goa and original Goans as presently it is being   misused to such an extent that purpose of the Act is being defeated.” 

SHRI ALEIXO R. LOURENCO, MLA spoke on the Resolution.

S/SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR, Chief Minister and FRANCIS D’SOUZA, DY. CHIEF MINISTER replied to the points raised by the Mover.

The Resolution was withdrawn by the leave of the House.

“ Fear And Anxiety in the Minds of people of Curtorim and  of surrounding areas of the continuous flow of Leachate even in the non monsoon months from Sonsoddo Garbage dump to  the adjacent roads and to the  fields which  poses dangerous  health hazards to the workers ,  commuters and  to the people living in the area . The step the Governments intends to take in this regards.”

Shri Digambar Kamat, Shri Vijai Sardessai, Shri Ravi S. Naik, Shri Rohan A, Khaunte, Shri Prasad Gaonkar, Shri Luizinho Faleiro, Shri Jayesh Salgonkar; Shri Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, Shri Aleixo Lourenco, Shri Vinod Palyekar. Fear and Anxiety in the minds of the public at large regarding the attempts by the Government to legalise production of Cannabis in the State of Goa, which is being used as Narcotic Drug and banned under Narcotic Substance Law.  The decision of the Government will convert Goa into a Drug Destination

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the people of Goa due to cases reported of the dreaded Novel Corona Virus.  Steps  the Government will take to screen for the virus and prevention of its outbreak among the people of Goa”.

“This House Congratulates Goa’s eminent artist, Subodh Kerkar for being invited to show his sculptures and installations in one of the major contemporary museums of the world, Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany for a period of 6 months .This is the highest honor achieved by any contemporary artist from Goa in recent times on the international art scene.”

The following Members spoke on the Motion:

1. Shri Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, MLA  …………… 12 43 PM
2. Shri Michael Lobo, MLA ……………………….         12 44 PM
3. 3.      Shri Pratapsingh R. Rane, Leader of Opposition …           12 46 PM
4. Shri Rohan Khaunte, MLA ……………………….…  12 49 PM
5. Shri Vishwajit Rane, MLA ………………………..…  12 51 PM
6. Shri Mauvin Godinho, MLA ……………………..…  12 54 PM
7. Shri Digambar Kamat, MLA …………………..……  12 56 PM
8. Shri Vishnu Surya Naik, MLA ………………..…….  12 57 PM
9. 9.      Shri Dayanand Mandrekar, Minister for Art & Culture.. 01 01 PM

10. Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Speaker ………………….…..           01 04 PM

The Motion was adopted unanimously.

SHRI ALEIXO REGINALDO LOURENCO, MLA was not present in the House; the following Condolatory Motion was not moved.

“This House deeply condoles the sad demise of late Reverend Canon  Fr. Antimo Gomes, a dedicated Priest, Educationist who was instrumental in setting up Diocesan Society of Education in Goa. He was also the receipt of National and State level awards for education including the Goa Golden Jubilee Award.”

“This House congratulate three Goans namely Puja Krishna Resham, Aviraj Anil Kalangutkar and Velancia Fernandes for winning three medals including one gold and two silvers in the floor hockey of the 2013 special Olympics world winter games which were held at Pyeong Chang, South Korea recently.”

               The following Members spoke:       

1. Shri  Aleixo R. Lourenco, MLA………………..12 45 PM
2. Shri Ramesh Tawadkar, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs..…….12 48 PM

Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Speaker……………...12 52 PM

The Motion was adopted unanimously.

SHRI ALEIXO REGINALDO LOURENCO, MLA moved the following:

“This House congratulates Shri Jose Philip D’Souza, for being elected as the Party President of the N.C.P. Party, the Party being a coalition of the ruling Congress Party.”

The following members spoke:

1. Shri Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco ……………………………….    3 17 PM

2. Shri Nilkant Halankar, Minister for Tourism ………………...    3 18 PM

3. Shri Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, Minister for Transport ……….    3 19 PM

4. Shri Filip Nery Rodrigues, Minister for Water Resources …..    3 20 PM

5. Shri Aliexo Sequeira, Minister for Power ……………………..    3 21 PM

6. Shri Damodar Naik ……………………………………………...    3 22 PM

7. Shri Manohar Azgaonkar, Minister for Sports ……………….    3 24 PM

8. Shri Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister …………………………   3 27 PM

9. Shri Pratapsingh Rane, Speaker ………………………………….   3 28 PM

The motion was adopted unanimously.

SHRI ALEIXO REGINALDO LOURENCO, MLA moved the following:

“This House congratulates Justice Ferdino Rebello for having elevated the post of Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court being a Goan and an Ex-MLA of this August House.”

The following Members spoke:

1. Shri Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco ……………………. ……….   12 46 PM

2. Shri Joaquim Alemao, Minister for Urban Development …..   12 47 PM

3. Shri Francis D’Souza …………………………………………...   12 48 PM

4. Smt. Victoria Fernandes ……………………………………….    12 50 PM

5. Shri Aleixo Sequeira, Minister for Power …………………….  12 53 PM

6. Shri Mahadev Naik ……………………………………………..  12 55 PM

7. Shri Mauvin Godinho, Deputy Speaker ……………………...  12 57 PM

8. Shri Digambar Kamat, Chief Minister ………………………..  1 01 PM

9. Shri Pratapsingh Rane, Speaker ………………………………. 1 03 PM

Cutting and Trimming of Trees Obstructing old Power Lines 

Fear And Anxiety in the Minds of people that  there are trees which  cause obstruction to old power lines .  Action the government intends to take in this regard by cutting  and trimming of  those trees which are obstructing old Power Lines.

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the domestic water consumers of the State with the Department issuing water bills in respect of non working meters and meters with units which are not visible, Billing are on average units which is much higher than actual usage of water and hence consumers are deprived of benefits of the monthly free water scheme implemented by the Department. The steps the Government will take on the same.”

There is fear and anxiety in the mind of postman who are working on contract basis in Goa for more than 16 years. It is being given to understand that new postman are being recruited by the Central Government and will be deployed in Goa soon. If new postman come, the existing ones fear of losing their jobs after putting such long period of service. I request our State Government to take the issue as a priority with the central government to protect the livelihood of the  Goan postman who are working currently on contractual basis. In the month of February 2021, I had brought this issue to the kind attention of our Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant  to request  Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Ji the then Hon’ble Union  Minister for Electronics & Information Technology to    look into the  aforesaid matter and the services of the postmen / GPS  should not be terminated as they have put on long years of service for the Department of Posts  These Goan Postmen have crossed their age limit for finding a new job and if they are retrenched from their present job  their families including their school going children  will be put in great hardship.

ZERO HOUR MENTION 
South Goa District Library in Navelim lies in a Dilapidated State

Fear and anxiety in the  minds of  people that the 12 year old  South Goa  District Library at Navelim is lying in dilapidated State due to complete lack of maintenance work and repairs . The problems faced by  this library are numerous:- The  lights and fans are non functional , the computers and dysfunctional , the leakage from the dome continues every year during rains etc .  The steps  government intends to take in this regard to restore the  past glory of this South Goa District Library  which was once credited to  have brilliant facilities in the entire  State of Goa
                 

Fear and Apprehension in the minds of the  Most Senior Citizens Pensioners in the Age Group between 60 years to 85 years that they have been deprived of Pension by Government of Goa  for  three years . Importantly , approximately 50,000 families of these most senior citizens is dependent on this pension .
Based on recommendation of Seventh Pay Commission the Government of India  (GOI)  issued memorandums/ orders to regulate revised pays and pensions respectively for regular employees and pensioners. 

Goa government also issued its first order dated 1/8/2016 for pensioners with same benefits at par with those of GOI and applicable with effect from 1/1/2016 and allowing on interim bases a fitment factor of 2.57 to the pension drawn as on  31/12/2015. Based on this factors pensioners got their arrears from 1/1/16 and pension with multiplier of 2.57 continued. 

Subsequently Government of Goa issued second order dated 1/8/2019 giving guidelines to fix final revised pension by directorate of accounts with effect from 1/1/2016.

(Para four of the order)

However as per paragraph 15 and 16 of the same order  dated 1/8/2019 the revision of the pension will effect only from 1/1/2019 and disallowing the arrears from 1/1/2016_ to 31/12/2018

This is in total violation of the first order dated 01.08.2016.

The remedy for the same is deletion of paragraphs 15 and 16 from the order dated 01.08.2019