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Stating that we, Indians were lucky to be born in a free country, Revenue Minister, Rohan Khaunte said new kind of challenges of “unemployment” and “assault on women” was staring at the nation.
“Today, we have different kind of challenges. There are issues such as unemployment, assault on women and terrorism that are facing us. We, the government and the people, need to work together to tackle these challenges,” Khaunte said.
The revenue minister was addressing a gathering on the Independence Day function at the government complex, Mapusa in the presence of Mapusa Chairperson, Ryan Brganza, councilors and government officials.
Khaunte said the government under the tutelage of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was doing a lot of things to resolve issues facing the people of Goa.
“This government is of the common man. We have framed an industrial and IT policy to tackle the growing unemployment problem in the State. Our skill development and startup programmes are getting good response. We want to make Goa a knowledge-based destination,” he said.
He said the government was always the facilitator and urged the citizens to participate in programmes of the government.
On the occasion, he once again reiterated government’s plan to construct two revenue bhavans in Bardez to alleviate problems of the common man.
“There’s always a rush in the Mapusa complex which caters to seven constituencies. We will have two revenue bhavans “ one at Mapusa catering to four constituencies and the other one at Porvorim taking care of the other three constituencies,” Khaunte said.
At present the government complex in Mapusa caters to seven constituencies of Siolim, Tivim, Mapusa, Aldona, Porvorim, Saligao and
Calangute.
