The Goa Legislative Assembly passed The Goa Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which adds as many as 51 posts to the "schedule" which exempts MLAs from being disqualified as MLAs if they hold these posts under the office of profit regulations.
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The Goa Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which provides for a uniform age of retirement of a Lokayukta to 73 was also passed. The amendment was necessitated to enable the Lokayukta "a clear tenure of 5 years."
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said that the government has decided that instead of scrapping KTC buses after every eight years as has been the practise, the government would refurbish these vehicles into mobile toilets to be used by migrant labour.
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Published Jul 28, 2017, 4:53 AM IST
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PanajiReplying to the discussion on the demand for grants, on the issue of Labour and Employment, Parrikar said that it would be a convenient solution to the vexed problem faced by labour at construction sites where they live."The only thing we will have to do is remove the seats and instead of scrapping the bus it can be brought to use," Parrikar said. Parrikar also said that while he could not directly stop companies from employing non-Goans, he would ensure that…