BY A GT REPORTER
PANJIM: MP Shantaram Naik has reiterated the long pending demand of the Goa for an independendent Telecom and Postal Circle.
Initiating the debate on the Congress side on the working of the Ministry Communications and Information Technology in the Rajya Sabha, Naik said that when Goa is a state under the Constitution of India, telecom and postal departments have no right to reduce it to a district and merge it in Maharashtra circle, however small the state may be.Naik said that he was confident that Union Minister for Communication and Information, who was present in the House, would accede to Goa's demand.
Naik said, the four major programmes of the government, namely, national e-governance, state wide area network, state data centres and common service centres are overlapping. However, he added that these programmes particularly common service centres which will cater to the needs of common citizens throughout the country by way of supplying information regarding schemes, programmes and rules of the government were going to create a revolution.
Naik suggested that the computerisation of land records should cover the land transactions, including all types of deeds, and, further, suggested the computerisation of land registration documents in the state, which forms basic title to the land.
Naik appealed to the Union Minister Raja to get the software for translating one language to another prepared at the earliest and that all the languages recognised by the Constitution should get the facility.
Naik also suggested to endevour to spread a network of e-Granthalayas throught the country as, he said, village libraries cannot afford to buy costly books and therefore facility of getting access to electronic books can do wonders.
Naik said that awareness programme regarding the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 should be held in schools and colleges as there since there is a serious punishment provided to anyone visiting porno sites. If students are not made aware of this law, there will be considerable social problem when hundreds of students are arrested by police under the law.
