Dears, This is a serious matter. Imagine the laws that govern him or her not being available to an Indian citizen living in Goa. How does one comply with the law ...if the laws are not available at all.
It is a matter of great sadness that 20 years after the passing of the two page long "Official Language Act, 1987" making Konkani the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GOA, even the said Act is not available to the common man in the Official Language of the State. Goa is a miserable state for those who would want to transact any business in its Official Language ... few people read or write it in the normal course of life [except in the Church's 126 ABE/DSE-managed Primary schools, 72 GPS, 5 other PS ...... and the handful of readers of the only newspaper in the official script] .... and even the law [OLA, 1987] is not available in that language. PDF format displays on the NIC website may be an option in English for now. Wonder when the laws will be available in Antruzi Konkani writen in Devanagri script ..the official tender of Goa since 1987? Mog asundi. Miguel "Frederick [FN] Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From the information procured under the Right to Information, it is clear that Goa is facing an odd situation where the laws which govern the citizen are not available for sale for anyone wanting to purchase them from the Government Printing Press. Given the mismatch between demand and supply, and the inability to predict these adequately, it appears that such a situation would arise every now and then. In this context, the Government Printing Press should perhaps be instructed to convert all its paper-based laws into PDF files and place them in cyberspace, for easy download by the citizen, as and when needed. This could sort out the situation at a very low cost to the government, and to the satisfaction of all citizens. In fact, I was a bit surprised that inspite of so many costly computers being deployed at the Government Printing Press (many with costly TFT -- thin film transistor or LCD -- screens too), the documents given to me were handwritten! FN -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 12000+ downloadable, sharable hi-res photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ ________________________________ Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
