By Margao correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network – Margao (VA)
Margao, Jun 9: “Government should organize seminars and literacy programs on Cyber Crimes to acquaint college and school going children about the seriousness of Cyber Crime Offences”, said Member of Parliament Shantaram Naik on Tuesday June 8.
Naik was speaking after inaugurating a computer laboratory of Konkani Bhasha Mandal commissioned with the MPLADS funds and Rotary Club’s assistance.
He said that Information Technology Act 2000, which has been amended in the year 2008, specifies severe punishment of three to five years of imprisonment relating to misuse of internet and transfer of data and images.
Legal Aid Committees in their Legal Literacy Drive should include a project of making people aware of these crimes, which young students and other computers savvy people, may commit knowingly or unknowingly, he added.
Naik further said that e-libraries full of e-books, side by side with hard copies of books, will be common in the country in the next few years and Goa cannot be an exception.
Students who secured high marks at recent X standard examination and who had taken their primary education through Konkani, were felicitated on the occasion.
Ashish Keni, president of Rotary Club of Margao briefed on various social schemes of the club. Prashant Naik, president of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, gave welcome speech.
Professor Gunaji Desai introduced the chief guest. Sugandha Vadolkar, compered the programme. Pandarinath parab proposed the vote of thanks.