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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REPLY: Dear Goan, if out side People buy our land n what is our Goan Future r we doing England, Cananda or Europe country in Goa. we strong object BAN Foreigners in Goa BAN Building in Goa Ban all NON GOan throw out of Goan if our Pigs Ministers Can't do this change the Ministers name n BAN them in Goa. Bring down our LATE Jack Sequeira Soul to Save three Word Goa. their Cannot even built one Statu (idol)of our Late Jack Sequeira. As we Gulf Goan already is back to Goa as we are BAN to Work in GULF. More in Muscat.so Better Save MY GOA, Stephen fernandes Muscat Foreigners on tourist visas banned from buying land ....They cant run businesses in Goa either BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JUNE 1 Taking cognizance of foreigners buying property and running businesses in Goa, Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane on Thursday made it clear that foreigners who come on tourist visas can neither buy land nor run business concerns in the State and that necessary action would be initiated. Instructions have been issued to Sub-Registrars to route all files pertaining to registration of properties through the Home Department for verification. Mr Rane said if properties are found to have been bought in violation of the law of the land, they would vest in the custody of the Government. Mr Rane also attributed foreign tourists buying properties to unscrupulous elements who he said were misguiding foreigners on purchase of immoveable properties. The Government, he said, would come out with publicity material informing foreigners not to get misguided by these elements. Admitting that cases of foreign tourists buying properties has come to the knowledge of the Government Mr Rane said foreigners who have business visas and clearances from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) can undertake such activities. Mr Rane told Herald that the Government would probe all aspects including the role of touts, middlemen and legal advisors. Action will be taken against all concerned, he added. Taking serious view of newspaper reports and voices of concern expressed on the issue, the chief minister held a high-level meeting to discuss the matter. Chief Secretary J P Singh, Development Commissioner J K Dadoo, Advocate General Subodh Kantak, Law Secretary, Revenue Secretary and DIG Ujjwal Mishra were among those present for the meeting, sources said. The chief minister also instructed the Police Department to clamp down on businesses being run by foreigners without valid licences. Until now, the Government has been going soft on foreign tourists carrying out business activities. Several restaurants and beach shacks are run by foreign tourists during the tourist season between October and April. As reported in the Herald earlier, some employees of the Sub-Registrars office in connivance with some lawyers or middlemen help foreigners acquire property sale deeds registered where no verification of the conditions laid down in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) is carried out by the Law Department. Recently, the Nationalist Youth Congress had also raised the issue with various Government authorities. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)