Dear Aires,
When you are questioning practically every aspect of Goa's administration,
you mean this, don't you??
??What Goa badly needs??
[From GSRP's Road Map for GOA]
General Administration- Chapter III (5)(c) Excise Department:
This is the most important Department of the Government of Goa responsible
for collection of taxes. This Department is not performing satisfactorily
with the result that a great percentage of collectable taxes are lost to the
Government. This Party shall look closely at this Department and seek to
tighten its administration and make its officers accountable for lost
revenue.
GSRP’s Commitment For Goa
With GSRP at the helm of political affairs of Goa, the people of Goa will
experience effective and just State Administration, leading to the
building-up of new infrastructures that are deemed necessary for a fast
developing state and vastly improving on, if not totally rebuilding, the
existing infrastructures, so that the State enjoys the status of being the
No.1 State in the Union in the real authentic sense. Through its
Constitutional provisions, as well as through its clean political outlook,
GSRP guarantees the true empowerment of the people.
Our emphasis is going to be on tuning-up and revitalizing the State
Administration’ because, when this is made simple, effective and
productive, everything else shall automatically fall in place, including the
effectiveness of the ‘policing machinery’, thereby making the ‘Law and Order’
situation in the State, exemplary. GSRP guarantees non-interference by its
Government Ministers and MLAs with the policing machinery to protect its
effectiveness.
With the innovative Administrative System in place, the people of Goa shall
be freed from being drawn into the nets of indebtedness to the MLAs,
Ministers and Chief Ministers, thereby always remaining free from asking for
favours. Their work shall be done in the normal course of the duties
delegated to the various Governmental and local Self-Governing bodies,
leaving the Ministers and MLAs time to concentrate on their regular work of
running the State machinery in maintaining its administrative quality,
without being tied down to actively run the various Government Corporations
and institutions, which shall be put in the hands of professionals on hire
and fire basis, leaving ample time for themselves for leisure and privacy.
In simple words, the people’s elected representatives shall not be doing
anybody a favour, but shall be doing exactly what they have been elected to
do, i.e. legislate. Moreover, as a buffer, the Party Organization itself
shall be divorced from the Legislative Party on the basis of ‘one man-one
post’. This simply translates to say that none of the elected
representatives of the Party shall be the sitting office bearers of the
Party Organization during their terms in office as elected State
representatives.
GSRP shall concentrate on the governance of the state and shall not be
bothered with vote-bank politics, to try to please voters with their
personal requests and demands, more so, illegal. Legitimate demands of the
people shall be met through natural justice and on priority basis. The
incumbent MLAs shall be able to concentrate more on their responsibilities,
without being preoccupied with developing their personal vote-banks for
their future electoral successes. GSRP reserves the right not to field
incumbent MLAs for the second term, unless, it so feels that these MLAs
deserve to be given a chance. In other words, ‘performance’ rather than
‘popularity’ shall be the criterion. In any case, the general policy of GSRP
is not to allow more than two consecutive terms to its MLAs, in order to
promote second generation leadership.
GSRP does not support the commonly portrayed concerns of MLAs [and aspiring
candidates in the run-up to the elections] for the development of their
respective constituencies. GSRP believes that no constituency can be
developed in isolation of the development of the State as a whole. GSRP
scoffs at the reasoning by MLAs aspiring to be Ministers that due
representation to the constituencies in the Cabinet needs to be given. On
the contrary, GSRP believes that those who are inducted into the Cabinet are
chosen for their capability and capacity to plan for Goa as a whole, on
priority basis, so that all constituencies find balanced developmental
progress to ensure the ‘Economic Freedom’ and the well being of the people
of the State.
To tackle this priority, the state has to invest substantially in terms of
long term planning and financing of those core sectors which shall safeguard
and guarantee this ‘economic freedom’. This simply translates to providing
‘JOBS’. To have more jobs, more service oriented and manufacturing
industries are required. To set up more industries, we need stable and
reliable infrastructures such as quality uninterrupted power supply,
abundant potable water supply, excellent network of roads, a worthy and
reliable public transport system, an advanced telecommunications system and
most of all a clean and responsive State Administration. Therefore, with the
intended ‘System of Administration’ in place, most of the existing ills and
ambiguities shall be eliminated and Goa can look forward to do business in
right earnest. When we say we need more industries, we first need to solve
the existing inherent problems of the industry as a whole in Goa, its
functioning ills, people’s concerns with respect to environmental
degradation and its safeguards with respect to the disposal of industrial
wastes, toxic or otherwise, etc. Industries such as Zuari Agro Chemical
Limited [ZACL], Meta Strips Limited [MSL], Goa Carbon, Mining Industry in
particular and others shall be reviewed for environmental as well as other
safeguards such as employment to locals etc. As a matter of fact, Goa is
ideally placed for less of “manufacturing industries” and more of “services
industries”. This industrial atmosphere must be tackled with deft long-term
planning so that not only Goans in Goa may benefit from this, but Goans
settled elsewhere outside Goa or those who have settled abroad may have the
opportunities to come back to their homeland to live, work and prosper, and
in so doing, contribute to Goa’s rebuilding and its all round progress.
With a well defined long-term “Economic Policy” underway, Goa can then set
its sights on other advancements in infrastructures and public utility
services that shall enhance the quality of life of the people of Goa, for
which they shall not only be eager to pay for, but shall also appreciate and
welcome them.
Goa Su-Raj Party believes that, by putting down the following in black and
white, it has made its intensions very clear to indicate to Goans the
direction in which it shall move. However, some of the ingredients needed to
be included to make Goa the ‘GOA OF ONE’S DREAMS’ may not have been
included, since different people see along different lines. Valuable inputs
and ideas from those who are throbbing to see Goa as it should be, are most
welcome, to make the list grow and expand to the satisfaction of all Goans.
The following are the few ingredients of the vision that Goa Su-Raj.
Party wants to project and propagate:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Aires Rodrigues" <[email protected]>
To: "goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 8:57 PM
Subject: [Goanet] IAS OFFICER SHUNTED FOR NOT BOWING DOWN TO GOA CM’S ORDERS
The recently appointed Excise Commissioner of Goa Dr. Jayadev Sarangi has
been shunted from the post for having transferred Excise Inspectors without
the approval of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Dr Sarangi, a senior IAS
officer who was posted in Goa last month by the Union Home Ministry had
taken charge as Excise Commissioner just two weeks ago on 21st May. Dr.
Jayadev Sarangi known to be no-nonsense officer was Deputy Inspector
General of Prisons at the Tihar Jail before being posted in Goa.
The bureaucracy should be be allowed to function independent and free of
political interference. The rule of law requires government officials to
solely comply with the law at all times. Every government official should
vow not to succumb to illegal political orders and to always do what is
right while functioning strictly in accordance with law. Government
officials who bow and bend to the politicians in power have no right to be
in public service being paid by the State exchequer.
Aires Rodrigues
