Kokum, a design non-profit, is hosting a Creatathon for the Goenchi Mati campaign. We are thrilled! Its all day on sat&sun, 16&17 July, 2016, at the Design Center, Porvorim. There is also a talk on thursday 7th July, 2016 at 6:30pm the same venue introducing the idea and updating everyone on the current status. Be creative & have some fun if …
Tag: Loss
AAP : what about the lease renewals scam?
Arvind Kejriwal, AAP conveynor, recently mentioned in Goa that AAP will initiate action against those implicated by the Shah Commission in the mining scam. This is welcome. While many investigations have commenced, not one person has been convicted so far. We hope that Arvind Kejriwal will also raise the issue of the much larger Goa’s mining lease renewal scam, which …
UK loss of North Sea Oil
UK & Norway largely share the North Sea Oil. While similar amounts were extracted, UK received some GBP400 billion less than Norway. “Given political stability and competent institutions, a state can have both a relatively high tax burden on its industry and direct ownership of assets, and deliver more revenue for its citizens and still attract investment” – this is the lesson that …
Iron ore mining in Goa
The Navhind Times carried a couple of interesting articles by Dr. Nandkumar Kamat titled “How Goa missed the bus in iron ore exports”. His articles show clearly how Goa lost out during the mining stoppage. This new article titled “Mining of past 8 years was a total loss for our future generations” published by Navhind elaborates on Dr. Kamat’s articles. You can …