AERIAL VIEW The central government told the states in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council that the buoyant GST revenue trend shows that states no longer need funds from the Centre as compensation for the 2017 indirect tax reform. State governments continue to demand GST compensation beyond June 2022. However, they are aware that proceeds of GST cess collection will have to be used to service the debt raised in the last two financial years to meet the compensation shortfall and do not see the possibility of the Centre extending compensation payments beyond June. Now for small states like…
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Goemkrponn desk PANAJI: The Vaghueri hill cutting has become a major issue in Goa today with the new TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane updating about the action taken One Pratapsingh Rauji Ranealmost on a daily basis. Rane, who happens to be the forest minister, too has suspended the range forest officer and also issued a showcase to the DCF. Now it comes to fore that one Pratapsingh Rauji Rane alias Ranesardesai and other co-owners of the property, residents of Keri Sattari Goa had written to the Range Forest Officer, Tulshimala, Pare Satteri Goa, requesting permission for bush cutting for demarcation of…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister Mauvin Godinho said that he met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to discuss how the state can get more revenue from GST. GST Council Member Mauvin Godinho, along with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. “The discussion was primarily on GST and increasing the state revenue; we discussed how the state can get more revenue from GST and other sources of revenue; also discussions were held pertaining to GST council meeting,” said Godinho Speaking on Panchayat polls, Mauvin said there is no question of postponement. “What…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao municipal council decides to undertake the digitalisation of the important office documents from the Mormugao municipality. For the last few days, personnel from Goa Electronics Limited (GEL) have been deployed to undertake the scanning of all the essential documents and make a digital copy of these documents for cloud storage. Mormugao municipal council chairperson Damodar Kaskar informed that this decision was taken during the council meeting a few days ago since the renovation work of the municipality building is in progress. He said he was seated outside his cabin due to the roof leakage issue. Kaskar…
Goemkarponn desk DABOLIM: With bad weather prevailing in New Delhi, around seven flights were delayed from Goa International Airport. As per the available information, even the flight in which Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was travelling from Delhi delayed take-off for almost two and a half hours. Due to bad weather in Delhi, 3 IndiGo flights were delayed for two and a half hours on Monday. As per the sources, a plane from Vistara landed two hours late, one of the two AirAsia flights was 20 minutes late, and the other was 25 minutes late. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sawant was scheduled…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Indian Coast Guard Goa Headquarters will be conducting Yoga at Velsao Beach with a trained Yoga instructor on 30th May 2022 at 6.30 am. Indian Coast Guard, along with Roquezinho DSouza of Velsao Village, will conduct the event and around 500 personnel at Velsao Beach are likely to remain present. As per the available information, the Indian Coast guard has requested that families at Velsao may be encouraged to join the yoga event, and appropriate strength of participants may be intimated to the headquarters by 26th May 2022 for necessary refreshment arrangements. They have also requested that…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden delegation has visited the Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) Goa Campus. Recently a delegation from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, visited BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. The KTH delegation consisted of Pia Schmitt, Project Support IRO, Jairam Vijayakumar Sujaya, International Student Recruitment & Mobility, IRO and Dr Shareq Mohd Nazir, Asst. Professor, CBH school – a BITS Pilani Alumnus – B.E. Chemical Engineering (2005-2009 Goa Campus Batch), M.E. Chemical Engineering (2009-2011 Goa Campus Batch). The visit was aimed to enhance research and student exchange collaborations between BITS Pilani…