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Registrar of Co-op societies have limited role in GSCB: Parrikar

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that it was taking long for the government to get to the bottom of the issues afflicting the Goa State Cooperative Bank because hitherto it was a multi state cooperative bank in which the state registrar of cooperative societies had limited role.


Panaji: 
"We have been trying to sort out this issue, but our hands were tied as it is a multi state cooperative bank," Parrikar said.
He was cornered in the assembly, by Curtorim legislator Aleixo Lourenço who questioned why after more than five years nothing much has changed despite repeated assurance by Parrikar on the issue.
"There are so many issues, I only want that you do something about it," Lourenço said.
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CM warns against false affidavits for schemes

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar warned those giving false affidavits to secure social sector schemes saying that strict action will be initiated against them.

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Published Aug 1, 2017, 4:08 AM IST
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PanajiReplying to the discussion on demands for grants to the Women and Child Development Department, Parrikar said that he came across one case where the person was actually had an annual gross salary of ₹9-lakh yet he had filed an affidavit saying that the annual income of his family is only ₹2.5 lakh in order to avail benefits under the Griha Aadhar Scheme. "Strict action will be taken against these. Several families have also opted out of the Griha Aadhar Scheme…

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