South Goa collector transferred

Times of India | 2 months ago | 28-01-2023 | 04:39 am

Panaji: Asvin Chandru A, a 2019 IAS cadre officer, has been appointed as the collector of South Goa with immediate effect. He replaces Jyoti Kumari, who was embroiled in a controversy over a circular asking the staff of the collectorate to contribute Rs 1,000 each for an event on Republic Day.Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate, reacting to the circular, had said it was incorrect on her part to ask the staff for donation of Rs 1,000 each. Tagging the circular, Goa Forward Party (GFP) had asked the state government whether it has no money to celebrate Republic Day.Kumari, on Friday, has been transferred and posted as the chief executive office of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG).

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Times of India | 1 month ago | 22-02-2023 | 10:11 am

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