-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Linobab and other goanetters..........
While every mouth brings a pair of hands, these hands sometimes make more than they eat and sometimes less, I am most certain, that these influxes of immigrants has not only affected the native Goan by their presence in the workforce, but also affected the native Goan through their consumption of public services. In retrospect, I?m sure that in the past and (if not checked now) in the future, Goa has suffered and is slowly suffering from "brain drain" - the loss of trained and educated Goans to emigration. It would be interesting to have a study made into the workforce employed by the industries in the Verna Industrial Estate. And, I?m talking about checking specifically the number of local Goans (born Goan that is!) in the Conglomerate?s in the Industrial Estate. One more fact which is worth giving a thought, is this??it surely points out to the mere fact that since immigrants have more children than natives, they must be consuming more in educational services. Second, immigrant households are poorer than native households and, therefore, receive more in state and locally funded income transfers. Third, because immigrants households have significantly lower incomes than native households, their contribution to the ex-chequer is negligible - whereas the Government?s responsibility towards their fundamental rights is becoming very considerable. This only increases the State?s fiscal deficit. Cheers, Savika Gomes Cansaulim - Goa.