Saturday, April 17, 2010

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Goa’s food grains quota increased

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:11 AM PDT

For 2009-10 the monthly allocation of quota of rice for Above Poverty Line People for the State of Goa was increased in March 2009 from 896 tons to 2222 tons and wheat from 201 tons to 498 tons , Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs ,Food and Public Distribution  Prof. K.V.Thomas informed Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

The Minister further informed Mr Naik that subsequently, adhoc additional allocation of 2500 tons of foodgrains (1000 tons rice and 1500 tons of wheat) was also made to the State as festival allocation in September 2009.

Mr Naik was informed that in the year 2007-08 off take of foodgrains by Goa was  21918  of rice and 7942 of  wheat;  in the year 2008-09 and 2009-10 off take of rice and wheat was 27568 rice and 6390 wheat and 33571 rice and 5277 wheat, respectively.

As regards items available to APL and BPL families on ration card , Minister informed the M.P , that APL families get rice and wheat while BPL families get rice and sugar.    As regards kerosene card holders with LPG connections get 2 litres per head, subject to maximum of 5 litres per card per month while cards without LPG connections get 2 liters of kerosene per head per moth.

As per the estimates, there are 0.48 lakh BPL families in Goa State which includes 0.145 lakh Antyodaya Anna Yojana families . However, as reported by the Government of Goa on 30.3.2010, number of BPL families  in the State of Goa is 27842 and there are 324844 Above Poverty Line families.

Minister also informed that survey of BPL families was done by Goa Government in the year 2002 but no survey was done of APL families.

Minister however said that for allocation of foodgrains to State/Union territories under Targeted Public Distribution System, Department of Food and Public Distribution  uses the number of Below Poverty Line families based on 1993-94 poverty estimates of Planning Commission and population estimates of Registrar General of India , as on 1st March 2000 or the number of such families actually identified and ration cards issued to them by State/UT governments , whichever is less.

I-T raids on Goa politician, businessmen

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:55 AM PDT

Income Tax (I-T) sleuths on Friday conducted raids on offices and business premises of some businessmen and a top politician in the State.
I-T officials at Patto here declined to comment on the raids saying they had been conducted by a team from Bangalore Circle.
Since Friday morning, there were rumours that two top politicians who were part of G7 had been raided by I-T sleuths. One of them denied having any knowledge of the raids on his business concerns while the other was not available for comments. The latter's office was learnt to have been searched by the sleuths. It is not known in what connection the searches were carried out.
Sources confirmed that 2-3 businessmen having business interest with the two politicians had I-T sleuths visiting their offices and business establishments on Friday.
One of them is into real estate and resides in Dona Paula though he hails from South India. The other has liquor business. The family is long into manufacture of liquor and runs a restaurant. The I-T sleuths searched their distillery units, two in North Goa and one is South Goa, the sources said.
Another person who is closely linked to a politician was also brought under the scanner by I-T. It is not known whether incriminating material was found during the searches.
The police who normally provide escort to the sleuths, interestingly, said they had no knowledge of any raid conducted by I-T officials in the capital city and its outskirts.
Less than two months ago, I-T sleuths had conducted raids on at least three businessmen from Bardez. One, riding on sympathy wave, got himself elected in a fiercely fought Zilla Panchayat election from Saligao constituency. In January this year, it was a former minister of the 90s who faced I-T sleuths.

Courtesy:Herald

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:21 AM PDT

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