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Reported cases of teenage pregnancies in Goa have been registered, he said.“These involve cases of incest, relationships or where the offender is known to the child. If there are child marriages and pregnancies, there have to be certain policy decisions, programmes and schemes to curb this. If the publishers share the data with the state government, it would be of great help in tackling the menace,” Pinho said. This would account for the large disparity in comparative figures between Goa and other states. PANAJI: Organisations and activists working for child rights and welfare while deeming the figures unbelievable, did not totally dismiss them either..