Mridula Sinha Honourable Governor of Goo
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Address of Dr. (Smt.) Mridula Sinha Honourable Governor of Goo to the Goa legislative Assembly 29th January, 2019 Mr. Speaker and Hon 'ble Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly deem it a great privilege to extend my heartiest greetings for the New Year and welcome you all for the first session of the Goa Legislative Assembly for this year. 2. My Government is committed to the safety and security not only of the citizens but also visiting tourists. The overall law and order situation in the State has remained under control due to implementation of various time; crime detection rate has increased by 4%. place, as well as its rich flora and fauna and its in 2018 as compared to 2017. In order to create mesmerizing scenic beauty. awareness about road discipline, Traffic Sentinel scheme has been upgraded to "Goa 5. All of us have to appreciate the way Goa Traffic Sentinel". has progressed remarkably and has emerged as one of the progressive forward looking and 3. My Government is aware that the Home prosperous State. I would like to inform this Guard service is primarily a volunteer service, August House that my Government would lay rendering valuable assistance to Police In greater emphasis on achieving Sustainable maintaining law and order as well as Development Goals in a time bound manner, . management of traffic. facilitating ease of doing business and rendering quality time bound services in all 4. It is a matter of pride that the State of Goa spheres. has bagged the National Tourism award for the. second time in the category of comprehensive 6. You are all well aware that though there is development of tourism management All a revenue resource crunch in the State, the Members will appreciate that Raj Bhavan has Gross State Domestic Product estimates has been opened for the public as well as tourists registere~ a growth rate of above 13 per cent for from January, 2019. I am delighted to inform 2016-17 (Provisional) and expected to achieve that the move is aimed to give people an a growth rate of above 12 per cent during 2017- opportunity to explore the heritage wealth of this 18 (Quick) with a per capita income of Rs. 4.60 2 3 lakh which is highest in the country and more than three times the National average, thus Hon'ble Members, portraying robust and healthy economy. 9. My Government IS working tirelessly to improve the revenue of the State and has 7. My Government is committed to transfer enforced Goods and Service Tax Act. The the financial benefits directly to the beneficiaries revenue collections of GST and excise tax have through digital payment. The State has been recorded a growth of 9 per cent and 23 per cent very proactive in successfully implementing the respectively till December 2018 as compared to UID/Aadhaar Project in the State with an previous year. impressive Aadhaar generation over 107% and 83% coverage in the age group of 0-5 years.. 10. In order to improve the timely delivery Efforts are on to cover the elusive 17%) on a of public delivery system to the citizens and mission mode. 100 Aadhaar enrollment kits saving considerable man hours, the Goa have been acquired and are set up in 12 Excise Management System has been identified departments. implemented. 8. I am happy to say that Goa stood at 3rd place in the country for having high Human 11. My Government is committed to complete Development Index for the year 2018. Our the state-of-the-art Infrastructure facilities in vision is to build a happy, inclusive and an time for the forth coming 36th National games to innovative progressive State and we aspire to be hosted during 2019 which will give a good be one of the best States in the country. exposureto the Goan sports persons to excel at 4 the National/International level tournaments. 5 12. Hon'ble members may recall that the 4368 farmers were provided assured price of development journey so far was not easy and it Rs.772.57 lakh for 4 major crops i.e. paddy, is' only due to our determination, self respect sugarcane, coconut and oil palm. 1542 farmers and self confidence that the State has become a •• were covered under National . Mission on role model in certain areas due to astute Agriculture Extension and Technology incurring leadership, support and co-operation of the an expenditure of Rs. 95.55 lakh on training, citizens. exposure visits, demonstrations, etc. 33,293 krishi cards have been issued and distributed 13. The highest priority of my Government is to to framers for efficient delivery of services. To remove the hardships faced by the farmers and ensure remunerative price to the farmers for raise their standard of living. The vision of my their produce, the agriculture mandis are being Government is doubling the farmer's income by connected online through e-NAM portal. Under 2022 which is quite challenging but it is needed 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sima Yojana', farmers are and is attainable. Efforts are being made to being provided affordable and simple crop achieve the goal and encourage the youth to insurance services. take up co-operative farming. My Government is continuously making efforts to give subsidies to 14. My Government is aiming to achieve self the farmers and provide technology at their sufficiency in milk production by making doorstep. My Government has sanctioned continuous efforts among rural youth to take up subsidies to the tune of Rs. 224.18 lakh for dairy farming. The average milk collection has procurement of 1015 agro machineries and increased by 13 per cent till December 2018 as 6 7 In Ibrampur village of Pernem taluka which compared to previous year. Nearly, Rs. 10.00 has minimized human animal conflict in the crore subsidy was released under Kamdhenu •• region . scheme for purchase of 1559 milch animals and around Rs. 21.66 crore subsidy was Hon'ble Members, provided to farmers as incentives on milk 17. Following the path of Ekatm Manav- and feed based on milk poured to Dairy vad (Integral Humanism) propounded by Deen Co-operative Societies and Batchat Gats of Dayal Upadhyaya, my Government is developing SUMUL. "e-Goa Pashusamvardan" software mechanisms to ensure that benefits of has been successfully implemented. development reach the poorest of the poor. 15. My Government intends to enhance 18. My Government is focused to end Hunger, socio-economic conditions of the fishing achieve Food Security and improved community by utilizing available aquatic nutrition. The distribution of food grains at cheap resources of the State for which continuous rates under the National Food Security Act is efforts are being made for the growth of the made transparent in order to stop pilferages. fishing industry by providing financial assistance Aadhaar enabled Point of Sale devices have for the needs of the fishermen. been installed in all fair price shops for distribution of entitled food grains quota to 16. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, forest the eligible beneficiaries through Aadhaar department has successfully carried out authentication. erection of 6 running kms solar power fence 9 8 19. My Government is sensitive towards the provide a house to every poor and homeless aspirations of every section of society and has household by the year 2022 through Pradhan implemented various schemes. for upliftment of Matri Awas Yojana scheme in rural and urban backward classes. areas. 20. My Government IS committed to 22. Health for. all is one of the Sustainable "Empowerment and not Appeasement", and is Development Goals (SDGs) of the Country. Every making intensive efforts for economic, social and one is aware that Health is Wealth. The priority of educational empowerment of the minorities. My my Government is to improve the quality of Government is guided by the fundamental spirit medical facilities in the State. The performance of the Constitution and committed to the welfare of health indicators in the State are quite of weaker sections, strengthening of social impressive and have achieved some of the targets justice, economic parity and ushering ease of of the SDG's. One of the major worries of the living. Under Dayanand Social Security scheme, poor· and middle class relates to treatment of an amount of Rs. 275.89 crore has been diseases. The financial burden of treatment of released to 1.38 lakh beneficiaries up to disease further aggravates the suffering. In order December, 2018 to take care of this aspect, my Government has 21. With a sensitive approach towards providing introduced Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana housing to all with availability of water-electricity- scheme for providing better and affordable healthcare facilities to the poor and middle class. toilet facility, my Government IS targeting to 10 11 During 2018-19,2.23 lakh active families have Sub District Hospitals, delivery points in CHCs/ been enrolled. PHCs from August 2018. The STEMI-GOA project was launched with the aim of reducing 23. Ayushman Bharat & Pradhan Mantri Jan cardiac mortality and morbidity. Arogya Yojana, the flagship schemes of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India were launched in the 24. I am happy to say that, no new microfilaria State on 23rd September 2018, along with cases have been detected in 2018 and if the National launch. 1348 of golden records were same trend is continued, then Goa will be created till December 2018. In all, 4 public decl~red filaria free as per WHO guidelines. As Hospitals are empanelled & process of regards H1V, number of persons detected HIV empanelment of private Hospitals has started. positive have declined from 1094 in 2007 to 258 Final package list with 1610 procedures has in 2018 and also HIV prevalence among general been accepted by NHA.