[Goanet] Caring About Family

It is always interesting to see how within a family, there’ll be one who cares deeply about relations as compared to the others who don’t. This is best manifested in a diaspora family returning to the home country. While some will go like tourists, intent on seeing places, having fun,

[Goanet] OUR INDIA’S DEMOCRACY IN PERIL

After managing and manipulating most of the print and electronic media, Narendra Modi to now also ensure that Face book, Twitter and WhatsApp is no longer free. Ironically Narendra Modi and the BJP made maximum use of the social media to usurp power. Now in power they find the need to mask and

[Goanet] Thanks for your 'Property Valuator' responses

Many thanks to all who responded to my request for information on Property Valuators in Goa. I have got some good leads, thanks to helpful folk on Goa Net. Peter

[Goanet] The Song of Solomon (GQ, February 2020)

https://www.gqindia.com/entertainment/content/the-song-of-solomon Even as 2019 faded to black, I became complicit in a fast-paced project playing out on the facades of buildings across my hometown of Panjim, as well as the annals of Indian art history. This plot twist featured an extraordinary

[Goanet] NRI Taxation Changes

The current Indian Govt can be expected to do flip-flops with NRI matters. The frequent OCI changes since inception of the document is a case in point. Someone must have pointed out the stupidity in taxing NRIs in the manner proposed specially since the intention was to plug loopholes for

[Goanet] Farming land For Sale or Is it Farmers For Sale

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF GOA Farming land For Sale or Is it Farmers For Sale? A growing voice of some of our tricky turncoat politicians to protect our farm land by enacting a law which will allow farm land to be sold only to farmers might be good news for public consumption. Is there a

[Goanet] GROUND REALITUES

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE ? The worlds greatest democracies are crumbling to right wing ideology of revenge? hate? conflict of big egos? What is it? In America Trump has his vote bank and majority no matter what he does and the Democrats who want to defeat him are fighting among themselves. The

[Goanet] The Lotus

The Alfonso or any other sweeter the mango fowler the dunghill India world's greatest orchard saw the lotus bloom above everything else Buddha Gandhi and What does Joao want to say?

[Goanet] WE CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH BAD ROADS

We were assured last year that after the monsoons all the roads in Goa would be hot mixed but we have to continue enduring with potholed roads across the state which are in a very awful condition. The roads in Ribandar continue in a pathetic and precarious state despite the undertaking given by

[Goanet] Goa Institute of Management Hosts First Consultation on Drug Abuse

Goa Institute of Management Hosts First Consultation on Drug Abuse The first ever consultation on drug abuse in Goa saw the call for a financial budget to counter substance abuse and the creation of a community of former addicts who could dissuade young people from falling into the trap of drug

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1-Vide Goa govt Official Gazette Series I,No.45 dt 5/2/2009 page 1306 minimum land rates were fixed 2-Subsequently, it was revised in 2013 vide gazette No series I, no 40 dt 3/1/2013 page 1523 to 1544 3- There are Govt approved valuers appointed by CBTD ( central board of direct taxes ) who