Smart move for smart cards
07 May 2001 23:42 ISTGoa has decided to issue a smart card to the entire workforce, working in the government or private establishment in the tourist state, by November this year.A credit sized plastic card having an embedded microchip, ... READ
Goa plans unique e-governance
04 May 2001 23:43 ISTGoa plans to implement Enterprise Resource Planning system in the state administration, with an endeavour to implement the concept of e-governance in its real sense, perhaps for the first time in India.The tiny tourist state ... READ
MPT to start Ro Ro service
20 April 2001 23:25 ISTThe Mormugao Port Trust is planning a special berth for a roll on - roll off service, known more popularly as Ro Ro service, through the Arabian sea from Goa to Mumbai.Rather than loading general ... READ
MPT overscores other ports
18 April 2001 23:26 ISTThe Mormugao Port Trust has recorded a growth of eight per cent in total traffic compared to only three per cent growth recorded at all the 11 ports in the country.Dr Jose Paul, the chairman, ... READ
Is Goa international airport financially viable ?
03 April 2001 23:27 ISTFinancial viability of the international airport of Goa, which the central cabinet approved last week, is yet to be worked out though the civil aviation ministry is confident of the proposal coming true.Sharad Yadav, the ... READ
Bike riders oppose helmets
13 March 2001 23:00 ISTMotorcycle pilots - a unique feature of Goa who provide motorcycle taxis to carry a single person - are in trouble with a high court directive to strictly implement the rule of wearing helmet for ... READ
BJP opposes power privatisation
05 March 2001 14:59 ISTPlaying a little different tune than the central government, the Bharatiya Janata Party government of Goa has opposed privatisation of public utilities like water and power sector."The Goa unit of the BJP has taken a ... READ
Goa to de-privatise power purchase
05 February 2001 15:00 ISTAfter getting its fingers burnt over privatisation of power supply, Goa has now worked out a system to de-privatise the power purchase, reducing the agreement to half of what it had agreed upon. In return, ... READ
Khalap plans Intelligent Goa
23 January 2001 23:44 ISTCaught up between Cyberabad and Silicon city in the South and IT-rich Mumbai-Pune and Postira project of Gujarat in the North, Goa plans to march ahead with a new slogan - the Intelligent State, to ... READ
Goa floats Infra Dev Corporation
12 January 2001 23:27 ISTGoa has decided to float a government-owned company, the Infrastructure Development Corporation, in order to clear a major bottleneck in the development of the tourist state.Though a fully government enterprise, the corporation would take up ... READ
