[Goanet] Forget mining and prosper with agriculture

[samir umarye]

By SAMIR UMARYE
BICHOLIM: These farmers took up agriculture when mining stopped four years back 
and say they are happy and earn more in their fields than the mining job


He left mining some four years ago, when the first blow hit mining in the state 
in 2013. He had a small piece of land. Instead of lamenting the loss of mining, 
he thought of returning to the fields and cultivating rather than wait for the 
mining to resume. Four years down the line he feels that he is happy and is 
earning substantial gains in this profession. 

This is the story of Vishnu Naik from Maina Navelim who today lives comfortable 
life – with farming. “For several years I was working with the mining and some 
four years back when there was turbulence in mining I left the job and resumed 
my age old tradition of farming.” Vishnu states. 

“I am doing this business for the past four years and it is profitable. Almost 
throughout the year I cultivate some crop or the other and am earning good 
amount. There is no effect of closure of mining on us and if everyone turns to 
farming they would earn substantial amount,” Vishnu claims. 

It may be stated that Navelim is one of the villages where there is lot of 
mining activities and Vishnu claims that not all are dependent upon mining. 
“Money is not just in mining but even in fields there is lot of money. There 
are few people who are dependent upon mining like the truck owners but we also 
have fields which yield good returns,” Vishnu disclosed. 

Vishnu is not just one farmer but there are about 40 others in Maina Navelim 
who are dependent upon farming. “We feel that more than mining, farming gives 
good return as there is more profit and less loss,” Sadanand Naik claimed. All 
these farmers get hybrid production and supply it to horticulture thereby 
getting profit. 

“Throughout the year we are producing crops in these fields, including rice 
during rainy season and chillis, brinjals, chawli, alsande and other such crops 
during other seasons,” said Vishwambar Gawas who turned to farming after 
working for a mining company for about 18 years. 

Gawas says that mining has an end and will stop at some point of time but this 
is not the case with farming. “Farming is the only business that can give 
income throughout the year. We would urge the government that agriculture 
should be given first priority as it is related to everyone,” Gawas said. 

Gawas regretted that several natural resources in mining area have died due to 
mining. He claims that only if these natural resources are rejuvenated there 
are hopes for people of Surla, Pale and other areas to get water.

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: RED & GOLDS BEAT MUMBAI CITY TO REACH QUARTERFINALS

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the report of Mumbai City FC v Kingfisher East Bengal on April
5, 2018.



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*RED & GOLDS BEAT MUMBAI CITY TO REACH QUARTERFINALS*



*BHUBANESWAR: *The Hero Super Cup’s penultimate *Round of 16* match between
Kingfisher East Bengal, who placed fourth in the Hero I-League and were
playing their first match of the tournament, and Mumbai City FC, who
finished seventh in the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL), played at
Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga stadium on Thursday, ended with the Kolkata outfit
getting the better of the Mumbai side 2-1.



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[Goanet] India's Bandwidth Bonanza (Times of India, 6/4/2018)

[V M]

https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2018%2F04%2F06&entity=Ar00800&sk=CFE86429&mode=text

Catapulting ahead of the rest of the world, India is now by far the
largest consumer of digital data via mobile smartphones. Today, the
country uses over 1.3 gigabytes (GB) per month. That’s more than the
data usage of China and the USA combined, which is the result of a
staggering growth rate over the past three years. Just last week, the
Department of Telecom (DoT) posted on Twitter, “Average data usage per
subscriber grew 25 times from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per
month in 2017.” In tandem, there is an equally spectacular rise in the
number of broadband users, from 61 million in March 2014 to 325
million in September 2017. We are experiencing a dramatic
technological revolution, with far-reaching effects for every possible
dimension of politics, society, culture and the economy.

Affordability is one main reason for the seemingly unstoppable surge
in Indian data usage. Over the past three years, mobile internet
tariffs have plunged over 90% to the lowest levels in the world, with
a host of ambitious competitors bringing rates down to the range of
just Rs. 4 per GB per day. This has translated into an explosion in
demand. The DoT says, “Average data usage per subscriber grew 25 times
from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per month in 2017.” Now global
content providers like Netflix and Amazon are readying themselves to
exploit a potential goldmine. When the latter inaugurated its video
services in India, more new users signed up in its first year than in
any other country.

Nested right alongside this dizzying growth is another marvellous
success story. That is the exponential buildout of mobile phone
manufacturing in multiple locations. Just last week, the Indian
Cellular Association wrote to Telecom minister Manoj Sinha and IT
minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, ‘India has now emerged the second
largest producer of mobile handset by volume.” While China still
remains the dominant global player, India has quickly passed Vietnam
and now accounts for 11% of global mobile production, which is an
impressive jump from just 3% in 2014. Next year, the industry aims to
achieve production of 500 million mobile handsets, with a value close
to $50 billion.

The stunning story of Indian telecom stands out particularly starkly
because so much of the rest of the heavily-touted ‘Make in India”
policy campaign has sputtered unevenly, after the twin shocks of
demonetization and the poorly implemented GST regime. While foreign
direct investment is at record levels, including significant emphasis
on manufacturing, an atmosphere of anxiety continues to reign. At last
calculation (around six months ago) the value of stalled manufacturing
projects in India was over $200 billion. Meanwhile, products made in
China dominate countless market segments across the country despite
transportation costs and tariffs upwards of 10%.

Here it should be noted that India’s fantastically cheap mobile data
has not yet resulted in any appreciable improvements in the overall
quality of service available. According to Ookla, makers of the most
popular and accessible network speed tests, India ranks a lowly 67th
in the world for fixed broadband speeds, and an abysmal 109th in terms
of mobile internet speeds with an average of just 9 megabits per
second (Mbps). For comparison, Norway (1 in the world) averages 62
Mbps. Even right across the border, China ranks averaged 34 Mbps (26th
in the world) while India is also behind Sri Lanka (82nd) and Pakistan
(92nd).

Ever since the Internet became widely available to the public,
analysts have predicted that this “information superhighway” would
have the greatest impact in India. This is because decades of poor
infrastructure development – physical, political, economic and social
– could potentially be neutralized, in one great leap to digital
technology. Policy makers have been talking excitedly about this
possibility for decades, but nothing of the sort ever happened, as
computer penetration remained negligible per capita.

Now, all of a sudden, everything is changing, and all we really know
is this is a huge inflection point reverberating like an earthquake in
the global marketplace. Last week, YouTube reported it has 225 million
active monthly users from India. Indians on Facebook are the single
largest national contingent. These are unprecedented events. Future
generations are certain to point back in time to this precise moment,
when hundreds of millions of young Indians came into the global
marketplace, given access by a technological revolution. Together,
they are going to make history.

[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Dean Martin - "That's Amore" (Lyrics)

[Gabe Menezes]

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[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Icelandic Winter Sketches – 5

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Icelandic Winter
Sketches – 5'

Light sculptures.

The idea in this ongoing series is to seek out scenes that give the
impression of strokes on an artists’ canvas. These photos typically
have a subdued monochrome palette and are as seen by the eye, not
black-and-white conversions.


You may view the latest post at

http://blog.parrikar.com/2018/04/05/icelandic-winter-sketches-5/


Warm regards,


Rajan Parrikar
parri...@yahoo.com

[Goanet] Press Invite for announcement of Goa Sevens Premier League

[Futsal Association of Goa]

Greetings!

*Press Invite*

Goa Sevens Sports and Cultural Association together with Ambelim Sports
Club will organize a press conference on Friday (April 6) to announce
the *Second
Edition of Goa Sevens Premier League (GSPL)* at the FAG office, PJN
Stadium, Fatorda, at 11 a.m. GSPL President Benjamin Silva will address the
same along with GFA members.

Kindly depute a reporter/correspondent from your esteemed daily to cover
the same.

Note: Kindly forward the same to different media groups.


Thanking You,

Regards,
Futsal Association of Goa

[Goanet] Requesting advertisement for Ballet Classes for Children

[gautam nima]

Hello,

My name is Gautam Nima and I am a performing artist with a Masters of Fine Arts 
degree in Dance from U.S.A.
I have been teaching Ballet classes for children at Club Harmonia since August 
2017.
My work has also been featured in your TheGoan article in May 2016 for our one 
week 'Movement Installation' performance at Goa Chitra museum.

http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=17157

I thank you for that wonderful coverage.

I would like you to help me get the word out on your prestigious newspaper so 
that children can benefit from this opportunity. If you could please help 
advertise my classes I would really appreciate it.

My phone number is +91 8954619805.
Thank you very much.

Note for the Event section in the paper:
Internationally Trained Dance Artist  Gautam Nima is teaching 'Ballet, Creative 
Movement Class' for children at Club Harmonia, Margao.
Timings-
Mondays & Tuesdays
4:15pm to 5:15pm for Kids of age 8 to 12 years
5:30pm to 6:30pm for Kids of age 4 to 7 years
Registration contact number 8954619805 (Teacher)

Thank you for your help in advance. I would appreciate your help in being 
featured in whatever way you can enable for us. I would be happy to provide any 
further information regarding the same.

Warm Regards,

Gautam Nima

(MFA in Dance)

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....Moonlight Serenade...Glenn Miller Orch.

[Con Menezes]

   
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[Goanet] US vs China....Heres who pays the price in a trade war.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://eblnews.com/video/heres-who-pays-price-brewing-us-china-trade-war-371467

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[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: KERALA BLASTERS ARE EXPECTING A 'FIERCE' GAME AGAINST 'TEAM' NEROCA

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the preview of Kerala Blasters v NEROCA FC on April 6, 2018.



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*KERALA BLASTERS ARE EXPECTING A 'FIERCE' GAME AGAINST 'TEAM' NEROCA*



*BHUBANESWAR:* Kerala Blasters gaffer David James is expecting nothing
short of a ' fierce game' against NEROCA FC in the final round of 16 game of
the ongoing Hero Super Cup competition tomorrow (April 6, 2018).



*READ MORE:* https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8889



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[Goanet] Goa's famous Mapusa market is a perennial source of inspiration for artists.

[Con Menezes]

   
https://scroll.in/magazine/858456/why-goas-famous-mapusa-market-is-a-perennial-source-of-inspiration-for-artists

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[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....Frank Sinatra All of Me

[Gabe Menezes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfhQ91rwZ8

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