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GSDP to grow at ₹ 13.87% and per capita income estimated at ₹ 7.64 lakh: CM Sawant Govt to auction ore dumps; Sand mining to resume soon; reimbursement of interest scheme for mining trucks to be relaunched: CM Sawant Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In the year of parliamentary elections, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant while presenting a ₹1720 cr Revenue surplus budget for financial year 2024-25 said that the GSDP will see a growth of 13.87 per cent. Giving the fisacal details of the State CM presented a ₹ 26,765 cr budget for 2024-25. Sawant said the State’s Goa State Domestic…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panchayats Minister Mauvind Godinho today said that his government is contemplating to start the use biometrics for marking attendance of Panchayat secretaries. The information was shared by the Panchayat Minister on the floor of the house over discussion on punctuality and irregularities by Panchayat Secretaries which caused several hardships to common man. Conceding that many Panchayat Secretaries are not punctual and also involved in illegalities Mauvin assured the house that he will tighten the noose and put stringent measures in place to take requisite action on erring secretaries. He urged the legislators to refrain from intervening when…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai today exposed a false site inspection report submitted by Arpora Panchayat filed as LAQ reply. “A false site inspection report submitted by Arpora Panchayat filed as LAQ reply. Inspection never happened nor action was initiated on complaint filed by complainant,” said Vijai. “Continuing in pursuit of Goa Government’s never ending scams and frauds, I brought to the attention of the House a false site inspection report submitted by Arpora Panchayat filed as an LAQ reply,” said Vijai said that this supposed site inspection never happened nor action was initiated on the complaint…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The opposition today grilled the state government on the approved Investment Promotion Board (IPB) Projects. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yuri Alemao raised the issue saying that from 2014 till 2023, the IPB cleared 84 projects and completed only 14 projects. Alemao also questioned the ruling over the difference in reply saying that in 2024 House reply, 84 projects approve but only 12 completed. Cornering the government over its failure to maintain unemployment data and providing jobs to Goans, opposition said the State government had adopted a flawed approach in setting targets for job creation and allocating funds…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Opposition today grilled the Industries Minister Mauvin Godinho over alleged conversion of archaeological area converted to Investment Promotion Board (IPB). Congress MLA Altone D’Costa raised the issue saying that 6.41 lakh sq mts land was converted through the IPB near Monte Chapal in Old Goa. D’Costa also said that these consists of zones including archaeological area. With this, Minister Mauvin Godinho said that he will inquire into the issue and take necessary review. Godinho said that Goa-IPB has developed an evaluation framework consisting of various parameters under which each project is evaluated. “The evaluation parameters allot a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Fake facebook page has been created in the name of BJP State President and Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade. In a social media message, Tanavade said, “It has been brought to my notice that a fake page/profile has been created in my name. I urge the people not to accept any friend requests from such account/s. This page (https://www.facebook.com/ShetSadanand?mibextid=ZbWKwL) remains the only active account of mine where updates and posts are shared. Please be vigilant and report any suspicious content”.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude said that the time will tell whether audio clip could be a political conspiracy against him or not. “Time will tell whether audio clip could be a political conspiracy against him or not. I do not know whether its a conspiracy or not,” said Gaude. He further refused to give out any more details and walked off. When Gaude was asked by the media about the audio clip, he said, “These are all false allegations against me.” “All allegations against me are false. These are baseless allegations,” said Gaude speaking to…