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CM gives clean chit to chief secy

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday gave a clean chit to Chief Secretary R K Shrivastava citing the Supreme Court as having given him the green signal as well.

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 Responding to a question by MLA Francisco Pacheco on cases pending against the Chief Secretary, Parsekar said there were cases against Shrivastava when he served as RCS (Registrar of Co-operative Societies) in Delhi. “In 2000, when he was posted at RCS, Delhi he held quasi-judicial post and had issued several affidavits to a cooperative society. Zonal offices had verified the genuineness of the affidavits and had passed an order on it. After seven years, some people complained claiming the affidavits were fraud,” he informed the House. He also informed that after departmental proceedings, an order was issued that cleared Shrivastava of any wrong doing in issuing the affidavits. A case was also filed in the Supreme Court, which had also cleared his name.
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Cabinet s nod becomes mandatory in select cases under IPB rules

The state government has notified rules under which it will become mandatory to take the approval of State s Cabinet for notifying any area as Investment Promotion Area under sub-section (2) of section 7 of Goa Investment Promotion Act , if the area exceeds 25,000 square meters.

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Published Aug 2, 2016, 5:51 AM IST
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PANAJI These rules will govern the working of Investment Promotion Board (IPB) . The rules also say that chief minister s approval will be necessary for using sub-section (2) of section 7 of the act if the area exceeds 15,000 square meters. Sources close to the IPB said that this is to ensure that more people get their say in the matter of land conversion, if the land in question is huge. As per the Goa Investment Promotion Act , if an area is notified as…

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