Panaji, Jan 3: Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat is expected to meet Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath here today on the issue of Goa Government's decision to scrap all Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the State.

Union Commerce Secretary Gopal Pillai, on Wednesday, said that the State Governments have no power to scrap notified SEZs.

The Goa Government had decided to scrap all 15 SEZs in the State on December 31, 2007 following widespread political protests, including by the Congress party workers.

Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, on Friday last week, has launched the "Goa Broadband Network" (GBBN) amidst trust and worry about the project’s future.

Formerly called as "Goa Net", the Broadband Network project aspires at setting up a state that is “enabled by IT to be efficient and accountable with a global thinking approach".

GBBN will offer privileges to citizens, which comprise the information about education, healthcare, farming, well-being, amusement, IP telephony, and video conferencing.

It will also provide e-governance as well as B2C (business-to-citizen) services.

Goa/New Delhi/ Kolkata/ Gulmarg, Dec 25: Special midnight mass, carol sing

Benaulim Beach/Panjim, Dec 25: Tourists in Goa have been asked to leave the State by December 2