CORRECTED AS ON 23.7.2019 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GOA TENTH SESSION 2019 LIST OF UNSTARRED QUESTIONS FOR ANSWER ON 23 JULY, 2019 Total No. of Questions: 89 DEPARTMENTSINDEX SL. DEPARTMENT QUESTION NOS. NO 1 Election 13 2 Finance 1, 9*, 23, 27, 31, 43, 50#, 84, 85, 86, 87@@@ , 88 3 Handicrafts 36, 37@, 73 4 Home 8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18***, 19, 24, 25, 26, 30, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49@@@@, 51@@, 53, 55, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69, 71, 89 5 Housing and 35 Housing Board 6 Mines and Geology 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 32, 33, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83 7 Museums 14** 8 Ports 10, 28, 44, 57, 72 9 Public Works 7, 20, 21, 22, 29, 38, 39, 45, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 65, 67, 68, 70 10 Rural Development Agency 34, 59, 61, 74 * Name of Shri Isidore Fernandes is bracketed and shown at Unstarred LAQ No. 9. ** Name of Shri Ravi Naik is bracketed and shown at Unstarred LAQ No. 14. *** Name of Aleixo R. Lourenco is bracketed and shown at Unstarred LAQ No. 18. @ Transferred to Industries to be replied as Unstarred LAQ No. 92 on 26.7.2019. @@ Transferred to Vigilance to be replied as Unstarred LAQ No. 100 on 22.7.2019. @@@ Transferred to Planning, Statistics and Evaluation to be replied as Unstarred LAQ No. 94 on 24.7.2019. @@@@ Transferred to Urban Development to be replied as Unstarred LAQ No. 93 on 26.7.2019. # Transferred to Cooperation to be replied as Unstarred LAQ No. 96 on 24.7.2019. 1 MEMBERS INDEX MEMBER’S NAME QUESTION NOS. Shri Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco 18, 76-87 Shri Antonio Fernandes 62-64, 88 Shri Chandrakant Kavlekar 1-8, 10-13 DELETED Shri Digambar Kamat 15-28 Shri Glenn Souza Ticlo 60 Shri Isidore Fernandes 9, 70-74 Shri Nilkanth Halarnkar 40-54 Shri Prasad Gaonkar 61 Shri Pravin Zantye 67-69 Shri Ravi S. Naik 14, 29-39 Shri Ramkrishna Dhavlikar 75 Shri Wilfred D’Sa 55-58 Shri Subhash Shirodkar 59, 89 Shri Churchill Alemao 65, 66 2 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GOA TENTH SESSION 2019 LIST OF UNSTARRED QUESTIONS FOR ANSWER ON 23 JULY 2019 SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 1. DELETED SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 2. DELETED SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 3. DELETED SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 4. DELETED SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 5. DELETED SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 6. DELETED. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 7. DELETED. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 8. DELETED. SHRI ISIDORE FERNANDES PRESENT DEBT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GOA 9. WILL the Minister for Finance be pleased to state: (a) the year-wise details of loans taken by the Government from different sources from 01/03/2016 till date; (b) the total amount of the present debt of the State Government; (c) the details of the banks /financial institutions, rate of interest and amount from whom the State Government has obtained loans; 3 (d) whether the competitive bids were called for obtaining loans by the State Government; (e) the year-wise details of the total amount of loan repaid by the Government from 2012 till date and (f) the details of the steps taken by the Government to repay the said loan? SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 10. DELETED. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 11. DELETED. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 12. DELETED. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KAVALEKAR 13. DELETED. SHRI RAVI NAIK 14. DELETED. SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT STAFF REQUIREMENT AT MARGAO TRAFFIC CELL 15. WILL the Minister for Home be pleased to state: (a) the post-wise details of the sanctioned strength of the Margao Town Traffic Cell alongwith date it was last reviewed and sanctioned; (b) the details such as name of constables, PSIs, PIs, Dy.SPs/SPs with date of posting in Margao Town Traffic Cell and the number of vacancies that exist as on date; (c) the jurisdiction of Margao town Traffic Cell as on date; (d) the details of various offences/complaints received/registered at the Margao Traffic Cell since 1/6/2018 till date and status of each case; and 4 (e) the number of junctions/points managed by the traffic police on day-to-day basis with details such as location of the points and staff deployed to manage them? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT VEHICLES LYING AT VARIOUS POLICE STATIONS 16. WILL the Minister for Home be pleased to state: (a) the total number of vehicles lying abandoned at various Police Stations in the State as on date; (b) the Police Station-wise details such as types of vehicles, four wheelers, two wheelers, trucks,etc., date since abandoned with reasons therefor; and (c) the steps the Government intends to take to dispose off these vehicles in a time bound manner? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT HOME GUARDS EMPLOYED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT 17. WILL the Minister for Home be pleased to state: (a) the total number of Home Guards presently working with Police Department with details such as name, address, date of appointment, age and place of posting from 01/01/2017 till date; (b) the details of salary/wages paid to them on monthly/daily basis; (c) whether they have made any request to the Police Department regarding their service conditions; if so, the details thereof; (d) the date their wages were last revised and their timing of duty; and (e) whether the Government pays them travelling allowance, as many of them travel long distances? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT SHRI ALEIXO REGINALDO LOURENCO RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS 18. WILL the Minister for Home be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has introduced any schemes to recruit children of Freedom Fighters in the Government service; if so, the details thereof; (b) the number of persons from this category that are registered in the Home Department as on date with details such as name, age, address, and qualification; 5 (c) whether the said scheme is still in force or lapsed with details thereof; (d) the number of persons appointed in Children of Freedom Fighters category by the Government after registering in the Home Department with details such as name, address and age; and if not, the reasons therefor; (e) whether there is any candidate that has rejected the job under this category with details thereof; (f) the date the last recruitment was made under this scheme; (g) whether the Government has given any assurance to increase the quota of reservation on newly created posts with details thereof; (h) whether the Government is aware of the fact that many candidates have exceeded the age limit due to the non filling of the post for a long period; and (i) the time frame by which all the above candidates in Children of Freedom Fighters category will get jobs/services in the Government? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT PROMOTIONS OF DY.SPs IN POLICE DEPARTMENT 19. WILL the Minister for Home be pleased to state: (a) the number of Dy. SPs that have been promoted to the post of SP from 1/1/2014 till date with details such as name, address, date of recruitment, date of promotion, posting on promotion; (b) the number of vacant posts of SPs as on date; and (c) furnish a copy of the seniority list of Dy.SP as finalized by the Government as on date? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT PROMOTION FROM ASSISTANT ENGINEER TO EXECUTIVE ENGINEER 20. WILL the Minister for Public Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of Assistant Engineers that have been promoted to Executive Engineers from 01/01/2016 till date; (b) the details such as name, date of promotion, his/her qualification, date of recruitment in department, place of posting as Executive Engineer; (c) whether the seniority has been maintained while giving promotions; and 6 (d) if not, the reasons for not maintaining the seniority with the names of the engineers that have not been promoted/have been affected due to this? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT PROMOTION FROM EXECUTIVE ENGINEER TO SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER 21. WILL the Minister for Public Works be pleased to state: (a) the number of Executive Engineers that have been promoted as Superintending Engineer from 01/01/2016 till date; (b) the details such as their name, date of promotion, his/her qualification, date of recruitment in the Department, and their place of posting as Superintending Engineer; (c) whether the seniority has been maintained while giving promotions; and (d) if not, the reasons for the same and the names of the engineers that have not been promoted/have been affected due to this? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT RESERVOIRS IN MARGAO CITY 22. WILL the Minister for Public Works be pleased to state: (a) the total requirement of water supply for Margao city; (b) the quantum of water presently supplied to the city and whether the supply meets the demand; (c) the number of water reservoirs existing/under construction in Margao city; (d) the details such as location/capacity/date of commissioning, and whether the reservoirs are ground level or overhead under construction etc.; (e) whether any reservoirs are dilapidated and leaking with details thereof; and (f) whether any reservoirs are ready for use but not used with details thereof? 7 SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT FUNDS FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 23. WILL the Minister for Finance be pleased to state: (a) the amount of funds received by the State Government from the Central Government from 01/04/2014 till date; (b) the details of funds received by the State Government under various Schemes or Heads; (c) the details of the funds utilized by the Government under various Schemes or Heads; (d) the details such as name and address of the beneficiary, the name of the Scheme and amount sanctioned; and (e) the details of utilization certificates submitted to the Central Government? SHRI DIGAMBAR KAMAT GOAN POLICE OFFICERS INDUCTED INTO I.P.S.