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| Goa MP moots for Degitalisation of old documents Posted: 20 May 2010 07:51 AM PDT Task of keeping in electronic format of old documents of title and the deeds registered before Sub-Registrars should be undertaken by the government on war footings, said Mr. Shantaram Naik M.P. today. Mr. Shantaram Naik who was inaugurating a meeting of South Goa District Level Review Meeting of Banks organized by State Bank of India as LEAD Bank, further said that records of title deeds in electronic forms will help, both the banks and the customers in the matter of loan transactions. Mr. Naik said that Form I & XIV in the Survey Record do not constitute a title, and therefore, scrutiny of titles becomes essential for the banks, and that, it is easy access to the title documents alone which can make banking system run smoothly. Mr. Naik said that banks also should guide the customers on the tax implications while obtaining loans and also while making deposits.Mr. Naik said, a few years back, a private bank was found using"Gundas" for recovery of loan, and said that even if one such instance is proved in case of any banking institution, their license should be Mr. Naik suggested that SBI should hold two District Level Conferences jointly under auspicious of banks and the government to guide the people on the availability of banking facilities. Mr. Prasanna Acharya, Additional Collector of South Goa, who presided over the meeting said that every order of rejection of loan must be a speaking order, explaining in details, reasons for rejecting a loan. Mr. Uday Kamat, Deputy General Manager, of NABARD said that areas in Goa , not covered by banking system have been identified and that banking facilities will soon be made available in those areas. He also said that NABARD will be organizing a training camp for the state government officials, so that, they become more familiar with the Earlier ,Shri Arvind Velingkar, LEAD District Manager of SBI,welcomed. |
| Posted: 19 May 2010 09:27 PM PDT The names they are a changin'. In a reflection of the demographic changes the state is undergoing, “Nagar is not a native word. It is a suffix given to the name of a settlement in other parts of India, mostly North India,” says horticulturist Miguel Braganza who is passionate about local history. Forgive a Saxttikar if he looks askance at hearing of the existence of a Kargil in Sao Jose de Areal, or a Bardezkar of being asked to look for a Shanti Nagar in Socorro. A few years ago, locals in Sao Jose de Areal did wake up to find that a part of their village was named Kargil by migrants living there. The name was even displayed on local buses, serving the migrant population in the area, until the south Goa district administration put an end to it. In Mapusa, a young student at St Xavier’s college was amused to see the address of his rented house on his electricity bill. Situated behind the college premises, the house address on the bill read Fukat Nagar. Trust the politicians not to be behind in their quest to leave a legacy. A field in Margao, locally known as Calgonda, was given away for a slum settlement and christened Babu Nagar. Subsequently, the migrants changed it to Azad Nagar. On Betim's hills north of the River Mandovi exists a Ram Nagar, while every second new colony in Porvorim is being termed as a nagar. Says history lecturer Prajal Sakhardande, “Ram Nagar is a village in Belgaum.” On Porvorim plateau, the new colonies that have sprung up are Jai Nagar, Vidya Nagar and Shanti Nagar. Recently, a landscape contractor said he was executing a project at a Patel Nagar in Porvorim. The village of Socorro has been given a Shanti Nagar and a Sai Nagar, courtesy a government scheme to convert comunidade land for housing plots. Another government scheme, ostensibly to give land to Goans from the lower income group, but which was lapped up by migrants, was named Indira Nagar in Chimbel. There's another Fukat Nagar created in Sancoale and existing for years. “The migrants have constructed illegal huts on comunidade land and are not paying a single paisa for it. Neither are they contributing anything by way of government taxes. Hence, the name Fukat Nagar which has been accepted by those concerned,” says social activist Simon Carvalho. “After Zuari industries came in and called the land Zuari Nagar, the trend was followed by others. Today, besides our vaddos, we have a Shanti Nagar, a Upas Nagar and a Queeny Nagar,” Carvalho says. “Travel to Assonora by bus, and you will hear the conductors calling it Alsanwadi,” says Braganza, adding, “The migrant labourers living in the village call it by that name, and the bus conductors have already adapted to it for their customers.” Courtesy:TOI |
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