Goa Dairy is given subsidy @Rs.9.4 per litre i.e. 9.4 Lac per day??? And is selling the milk outside Goa? Why not modify the subsidy for milk sold in Goa only? Instead the government wants to make another Union and dole out a further subsidy of Rs.9.44 laky per day? For whose benefit? From whose pocket the subsidy comes out of? Goa is not facing a milk shortage and all milk from the local dairy farmers is used up. A second Union is necessary only if the milk sold to Goans is less by Rs 4 per litre and no subsidy is given.
Just calculate the total subsidy per year doled out? Where is it all going? Are the other milk producers also being subsidised?
One advertisement for the MD for Goa Dairy had mentioned the candidate would look after only the manufacturing aspect: not the marketing? Who does marketing?
R Fernandes, Margao
Act against CRZ violations
It is reported that 480 cases of alleged Coastal Regulation Zone violations are testified from April 2012 to June 2014.
These violations include illegal construction of residential houses, commercial projects like hotels, shacks, restaurants, additional roof or rooms to the existing structures, illegal construction of retaining walls, destruction of mangroves, etc. Will tourism see a similar fate like mining with blanket ban on tourism, since a number of irregularities and CRZ violations are reported by green activists?
Mining has been a major contributor of Goa’s economy exceeding even tourism. Ever since the stoppage of mining the sufferings of the stakeholders need no explanation. Now, if the government is observing violations and booking offences, will it apply similar yardstick of banning tourism activities until a policy is out?
A Pereira, Tivim
Coins in short supply
The coins of 50 paise are not accepted by anyone and shunned by most people. Coins of Rupee 1 and Rupees 5 are in short supply in the market. Sometimes even 2 rupees coins are not with many shopkeepers including chemists. When they have no change, they give toffees etc and even post offices give postal stamps for smaller denomination coins, as they do not have enough coins of smaller denominations. Many shopkeepers even refuse to sell their petty goods / in restaurants etc if exact amount – coins of smaller denomination – is not given to them for the purchases made from them. By force consumer accepts them. Are Toffees and postal stamps legal tender for moneyed transactions?
The government must ensure that coins of all denominations are in abundance in the market.
Further, coins of smaller denominations have lost relevance in the economy because of the high rate of inflation. Some of the coins are quite heavy and cumbersome. It is time to introduce lighter coins pertaining to denominations such as 1, 2, 5 and 10. The size and the weight of coins should be reduced further so that people find them convenient to carry in their wallets. In fact, the government should also think of issuing coins of Rs 20, 50 and 100.
Moreover, all financial transactions ought to be rounded off to the nearest rupee. This will make things far more convenient.
Mahesh Kumar, New Delhi
Helmets no solution to mishaps
By using helmets we will not prevent accidents. If the government is really serious about preventing accidents, it will have to do lot of things before imposing helmet rule. All roads should be uniformly hot mixed and no one should be allowed to dig the roads. Secondly, traffic lights should be introduced specially at junctions. Two-wheelers should not be allowed to use the right side of the road and they should be prohibited to carry any materials on two-wheelers. Cartons containing drinks are loaded in the front portion of the two wheelers in dangerous manner. Two-wheelers and four-wheelers should be checked for drunken driving. Control vans should be converted into mini police stations and they should enforce the rules instead of sitting idly and reading newspapers or talking over the phone. Motorcycle-borne traffic police should be supervised. They just take one round in the morning and one in the evening. CCTV cameras should be installed all over the roads and images captured at all police stations so that if some policemen are sleeping others could to wake them up. Retired people should be employed by the government to be supervisors on the roads.
Ramakant Sankhalkar, Caranzalem
