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Was there no manpower to govern Goa after the invasion? Or were Goans eating grass before the invasion? Or were they shrewd lies by Dayanada Balcrisna Bandodcar? --- Bosco - GoaNet Volunteer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **************************************** > For more information/links, see > http://goanet.netfirms.com > **************************************** > > Reply directly to Prashant Naik > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dear sir/madam > > Due to hectic schedule of meetings all over Goa in > view > of the rally we are organizing on 27th February, we > could not hold a press conference in Panaji. > Finally, hurriedly, we had to organise it in Margao, > today, 24th February. I am sending a press note > released there. You may also refer to my interview > in > Herald > today, for additional points. I have mentioned by > mobile number below. Feel free to phone if you have > any > queries. > > Please pardon and co-operate with us. > > Thanks. > > Prashant Naik > > GOA HIT-RAKHAN MANCH > Second Floor, > Casa Dos Aliados Bldg, > Behind Gomant Vidya Niketan, > Margao Goa 403 601 > Ph: 2734689 > > > The Goa Hit-Rakhan Manch which is committed to > assert > the right of locals and particularly youth in the > field > of employment is holding its first general public > rally at Panaji on the 27th February. > > The Manch had to intervene when it observed that > government departments were violating the domicile > and > language clauses in the recruitment norms prepared > by > the government to protect the interests of local > youth. > Despite the intervention and the gheraos, the > Hit-Rakhan Manch has noted that the attempts to > violate > the norms continue in government departments and in > semi-government organizations. > > The need of the hour is therefore to sensitise the > Goan > youth and make them aware of their rights and > duties. > At the same time, the Government and the political > parties should be clearly told in one voice that now > it > is Goans First and that the youth of Goa will not > tolerate any attempts to play with their identity, > culture and economic interests� > > After 43 years of liberation, the youth cannot > tolerate > that jobs in government, semi-government and private > sector are denied to them without any valid reasons. > Priority for local youth in employment should be the > agenda of the political parties and the government. > There is growing discontent among students and > unemployed youth and the time has come for the Goan > youth to come together to send the clear message to > the > government. > > The youth is frustrated at ing up language and > religious controversies. The youth of our small and > beautiful state have suffered enough at the hands of > these divisive forces. These forces > are raising their ugly heads once again and > insulting > our language and our culture. If the youth is not > oriented and guided properly, then Goa and Goans > will lose their right on their land, language and > resources. Goans will also lose their secular > character > and the tradition of communal peace and harmony. > > The Goa Hit-Rakhan Manch has organized the rally to > open the eyes of the youth and the government to the > realities. Around 15,000 jobs will be created in the > government due to the normal retirement and the two > voluntary retirement schemes. Goans could not board > the > bus since the required talent was not available, > immediately after liberation. The Goan youth should > not > miss the bus again. Industries are still invited to > Goa > without creating the required and qualified > local manpower. Such industrial development does not > benefit the locals at all. We sell our land, power > and > water and in return we buy pollution. > > Educational curriculum is not designed to take care > of > manpower and our planners are slow and lazy. Land is > a > scarce input in Goa and hence needs to be used with > care and caution. Self-employment is another area > which > the youth should put to gainful use. There is a vast > potential in agriculture, horticulture, > floriculture, handicrafts and traditional > occupations. > Proper motivation and guidance from the > organizations > and the corporations formed for these purposes is > required. > > The rally which will be attended by over 3000 youth > from all talukas of Goa will focus on all these > areas. > > Added to the above, politicians of late are seen > digging the skeletons. There is a political threat > to > Goan identity since a few vested interests are > raising > the > bogey of Vishal Gomantak and humiliating Goa's > official > language, Konkani, by still calling it as the > dialect > of Marathi. Even such anti-constitutional and > anti-regional elements get political patronage a > ment > and the political parties. In the name of excellence > and quality, Goa's > talented artists, musicians, event managers, film > makers, IT professionals etc are being sidelined and > personnel of doubtful credibility from > outside are recruited. > > DEMANDS: > > 1. Strengthen provision of 15-year domicile clause > to > avoid bogus certificates > 2. Evolve methods of oral and written examinations > of > Konkani and appoint competent persons on interview > panels to verify candidate's Goan identity > 3. Impose both the recruitment rules in all the > semi-government institutions as well as aided > institutions, especially educational institutions > and > Goa University > 4. Create infrastructure to train local manpower > simultaneously in Goan-friendly industries, as soon > as > the work of constructing the industry begins > 5. Frame new Industrial Policy, Employment Policy > and > Education policy that could plan out job-oriented > education and Goan-friendly industry in a > co-ordinated > manner > 6. Evolve a well-knot policy, combined with actual > execution at production and marketing level, for > restoring agriculture and traditional occupations > 7. Create self-employment and entrepreneurship > avenues > with orientation set-up and infrastructural > facilities > 8. Enact Land Ceiling Act > 9. Stop finances for any anti-national act that > insults > our constitutional and official language as a > dialect > and creates confusion that benefits the ongoing > process > of influx of outsiders > > > Prashant Naik > Spokesperson > (9422057012) > > __________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE personalized e-mail at > http://www.canada.com > > _______________________________________________ > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
