Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Even as the State is reeling under a huge financial burden, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that Goa is the first State to have adopted and implement economic reforms.
Goa faces a huge financial crisis with the State borrowing almost every week to meet expenses, including salaries.
“Approximately Rs 500 crore has been paid through RXIL platform to MSMEs. Goa has also been implementing discounting of bills, which is beneficial for MSME and non-MSME sectors. This year NABARD loans have increased from Rs 60 crores to Rs 500 crores,” said CM Sawant.
Sawant made the statement a day after Goa’s GST collection reports taking a huge leap by 33% in September.
Sawant further said, during Covid, Goa has unveiled its long-awaited Tourism Policy besides implementing Goa start-up policy 2021.IT policy, Goa Telecom Infrastructure Policy, industrial and land revenue reforms and ease of doing business.
On Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) making inroads in Goa, he said the party could not benefit in the 2017 assembly elections.
He said, people of Goa are very smart and not easily misled. They know how the AAP government runs in Delhi and how covid management is a complete mess in Delhi.
