Affidavit by the state of Goa in the matter of news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 global forest watch" appearing in the Indian Express dated April 13, 2024. As per the State of Forests Report of 2023, the total forest cover in Goa …
Societies have always searched for an ideology and an institutional framework to balance collective and private interests. In the last century, this struggle played out as a confrontation between two clearly defined ideologies
In a new twist to the vexed question of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), according to Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is likely to call the promoters of the three notified SEZs to explore the possibility of their setting up any other viable industrial projects (other than …
Regrowing affected population made easy Researchers of the National Institute of Oceanography (nio) in Goa have artificially repopulated corals in the Lakshadweep islands. Three years ago, the scientists started experimenting to develop a cost effective method to re-grow corals. About 60 per cent of them had died in 1998 in …
One year in the saddle, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is satisfied with his government's initiatives and is upbeat about the State's prospects for social and economic development What are the biggest achievements of your government? Here, I would like to re-emphasise what I had said when I took over …
For all the time it took, the Draft Regional Plan 2021 is in many ways a remarkable document. It puts a renewed emphasis on ecology conservation, revamping public transport and, most important of all, maintaining the character of Goa
AGRICLUTURE Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity. This year the State of the States study reviewed the performance of states …
At long last, the Goa government has decided to oppose the Coastal Zone Management (CMZ) draft notification of the central government. The last date for filing objections to the draft is 21 September, and we hope that the government sends its view forthwith, so that it reaches New Delhi in …
