Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Buoyed by the General election results, the Chief Minister decided to pay back the Goan electorate by not imposing any taxes in his financial statement for the year 2022-23.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the state government has proposed not to levy any additional taxes on Goans while stating that there is an equal need to focus on the State’s revenue from various sources.
“There is an equal need to focus on the revenue that the State augments from various sources. This year, I do not propose levy any additional taxes on our Goans, but I will work thoroughly to get in more reforms in various revenue-generating departments,’ said CM Sawant while presenting the budget.
He further said that over these years, he realized that increasing revenue does not necessarily imply increasing the taxes but also plugging revenue leakages and undertaking reforms that will curtail the expenditure on redundant activities.
“This year, without burdening my Goan brothers and sisters, I will bring in various reforms, rationalize the tax slabs on various components and undertake strict enforcement measures with which I expect to mobilize additional revenue to the State Government. The action on this will be visible in due course of time,” he added.
State Economy
• The Gross State Domestic Product estimates at current prices for the year 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 91,416.98 crore indicating a growth rate of 7.07%.
• The growth rate for Gross Value Added (GVA) is estimated at 4.73% for primary sector, 6.52% for the secondary sector and 9.66% for the tertiary sector.
• Goa’s per capita income at current prices continues to be front runner in the country at Rs. 5.80 lakh.
• Budget Outlay of Rs 24,467.40
• Government, in spite of the financial crunch during the pandemic period, was able to successfully clear the pending dues of various agencies, amounting to more than Rs. 600 crores
Highlights of Goa Budget 2022-23
Health
● Budget increase of 12.86%
● Tertiary Cancer Care Center at Bambolim
● D.M. and M.Ch courses in superspeicality Cardiac cath lab and Neurosurgery unit in south Goa District hospital
● Two critical care blocks of 50 beds each at GMC and South Goa District Hospital
● Two integrated public health labs and 141 Health and Wellness centres
● 100 new beds at IPHB hospital expansion of Goa Dental College expansion worth 92 Cr
FDA
● FDA Branch office at Margao
GSIDC
● Capital outlay of 372 Cr for Infrastructure works
● Margao Wholesale fish market with cold storage facility
PWD
● Real time monitoring of Water supply system
● 5 Water Treatments plants proposed to provide additional 83 MLD water
● JICA projects worth 1404.57 Cr to be completed by June 2022
● 1 day in each week earmarked to solve water bill issues
● To increase the sewerage connectivity target from 17% to 28%
● National Highways projects of nearly Rs.12,000 Crores
Water Resources Department
● Tilari Irrigation Project to irrigate 14,521 Ha land of Goan farmers
● Flood Mitigation project on Mhadei, Chapora, Mapusa and Kandepar river
● To warn and alert about impending disasters such as cyclone, Tsunami, etc., 38 Early Warning Dissemination Towers have been envisaged along the coast line
● Community Participatory Programme in Water Harvesting with assistance of 80% subsidy
● Implementation of “Web based Real Time Data acquisition and flood forecasting systems” and “Spatial Decision Support System”
TCP
● Provision of Rs. 20 Cr for “Home Loan Interest Subvention Scheme”
● Expansion of Online Building Plan Approval Management System
● Online issuance of Zoning Certificate and NOC
● Technical clearance for construction up to 500 sq mts in approved layouts to authorized architects empanelled by TCP department
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT
● PPP Cell has been upgraded into a full-fledged Department of Public Private Partnership
Transport Department
● Digital Fare Meter device cost reimbursement
● Financial assistance to road accident victims. Provision of Rs. 20 crore.
● Purchase of 100 additional AC Electric buses. Provision of Rs. 37.50 crores for the year 2022-23.
● All transport department receipts will be issued through electronic mode.
● Modern bus stands on PPP basis at Panaji and Margao.
● Integrated Traffic Management System.
● Assistance to Konkan Railway in operating Margao Station in PPP mode on a revenue sharing model
Civil Aviation
● Mopa Airport to be completed by August 2022.
● Strengthening, widening and re-carpeting of the existing approach road to Mopa Airport.
Ports and River Navigation
● Second phase of rejuvenation of River Sal, the damaged embankment will be restored and a barrage structure with mechanical gate opening with large aeration units.
● State of the art Terminal building for Captain of Ports.
● Upgradation and beautification of landing facilities at various ferry ramps.
● First Solar Hybrid Electric Green boat for inland water transport.
Power and Renewable Energy
● 33 KV Substations at Tuem and Mandrem.
● Conversion of existing overhead conductors to High Current Capacity conductor of major 33KV and 220KV feeders.
● Conversion of existing overhead conductors to underground cabling.
● 220 KV GIS substations at Saligao and Loutolim.
● Projects under the ‘Revamped Distribution Sector scheme’ related to Smart Metering, SCADA and Automation, System Strengthening works, setting up and augmentation of Substation, IT projects, etc.
New and Renewable energy
● 50% subsidy for solar rooftop for residential areas. Provision of Rs 10 Crore made.
● ‘Concentric Solar Thermal Plant’ in GMC, Asilo and Hospicio hospitals
● Financial assistance for purchase of Electric Vehicles. Provision of Rs 25 Crores made.
● Feasibility study for establishment of micro hydro power projects
● Biomass Briquetting Plant having capacity of 20 tonnes per day to be commissioned shortly.
Industries
● Promotion of Khadi and other village insutries with Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) 7 clusters.
● Extension of Employment Subsidies for the Cashew Industry. Provision of Rs 5 Crores made.
● Under “Prime Ministers Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises” seed capital and bank linkage to 700 more enterprises involved in Micro Food Processing Industries.
● Formulation of Logistics Policy.
● Centralized joint inspection system for inspection of various industrial compliances.
● Two courses titled “Associated Fellow of Industrial Health” organized by DG-FASLI and a “One month course for supervisors working in hazardous industries” would be conducted every year
Handicrafts, Textiles and Coir
● Set up of garment making facilities with computer aided design technology at two locations in the State
● Coir fiber extracted from the coconut husk, to be supplied to coir artisans to enable them to produce value added coir products
● Kunbi Craft Village in South Goa
Mines and Geology
● Mining industry to be restarted to its full capacity with expected revenue of 650 Cr
Information Technology
● Allocation of Rs. 143.84 Cr to the IT sector.
● More services including those of Directorate of Transport, Civil Supplies etc will be given through citizen centric services through 246 common service centers.
● Wired Internet Scheme for Remote Schools.
● Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Tuem to generate employment of 2000 over a period of 5 years.
● Under “startup Policy” additional benefits for Women entrepreneurs and Establishment of Fund have been incorporated.
● Implementation of e-Governance measures such as e-office, e-HRMS etc enabling us to go paperless and maintain a centralized database of employees
Labour & Employment
● “ESI Hospital” in North Goa
● New Maternity Benefit Scheme for female industrial workers belonging to SC/ST
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
● Skilling, up-skilling & re-skilling of the Goan youth through the implementation of the various skill development programmes
● Modern courses for ITI students
● Programmes exclusively for Women Entrepreneurship Development at District Level and State Level
● Study to identify mismatch between demand and supply of trained workforce
● Launch of “Entrepreneurship Policy”
● Utility centers in each ITI to offer support to the general public for maintenance works and new jobs
● Loans upto Rs. 3.00 lakhs to farmers for agriculture purposes at “zero percent” interest rate
● Assured procurement rates at 150% of the average cost of cultivation of vegetables
● An online platform for facilitating the farmers to sell their agricultural produce and value added products
● Incubation Center” is proposed for processing of coconuts, vegetables and fruits at Government Agriculture Farm
Animal Husbandry & Veterniary Services
● 100% dairy farmers to be covered under Kissan Credit Card Scheme
● 24×7 Call Center under the National Animal Disease Control Programme for telephonic verification of FMD vaccination and animal welfare services
● Animal Emergency Services with 24×7 animal ambulance facilities
Fisheries
● Budget increase of 72.41%
● 100% fishermen to be covered under Kissan Credit Card Scheme
● Database of Fish Dealers and Fish Vendors
● 10 Bio-floc units to be set up through fish entrepreneurs
Social Welfare
● Unique Disability Identity Card to be provided to 18000 potential beneficiaries
● 20 Cr earmaked for covid-19 relief to marginalized/ unorganised sector
● 20 Cr provisioned for “Ex Gratia Financial Assistance to the family of the victims of Covid-19”
● Travel assistance to Goans to visit sacred holy places outside Goa under “Mukhyamantri Dev Darshan Yatra Yojana”
● Implementtion of “e-Roster” in the administration to validate the roster entries online without the need for physical verification
Women and Child Development
● 93.84 Cr allocated for “Supplementary Nutrition Programme”
● 230.55 Cr allocated for Griha Adhar and 85.87 Cr allocated to Ladli Laxmi Schemes
Tribal Welfare
● 28.32 Cr allocated for disbursing scholarships to ST students & 45.74 Cr for providing better educational facilities
● Capital outlay of Rs.56.71 crores has been provided to Tribal Welfare Department
● 10 Cr for construction of Tribal Bhavan at Porvorim
● Construction of Tribal Research Institute as well as Tribal Museum
Education
● 3850.98 Cr allocated to Education sector
● 50 Cr for renovation of remaining government schools
● Set up/upgrade science labs initially in 350 schools, vocational labs in 71 schools and 20 new Atal Tinkering Labs
● Upgradation of computer labs in schools will be taken up in a phased manner to cover all the schools in the State
● Upgradation sports facilities in 350 schools
● 21.86 Cr allocated to broden the scope of ‘Coding and Robotics’
● ICT Pedagogical Training and R&D Hub for schools
● Amendment of Recruitment Rules of Teachers in accordance with the new education policy
● Registration of all pre-primary schools shall be made mandatory
● School curriculum to focus on the history of Goa, its culture and tradition and Yoga
Higher Education
● To host Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) for which, a provision of Rs. 5 crores has been made.
● Special guidance & training programme for goan youth to answer central govt exams
● International law universities and arbitration centres to be established
● Establishment of “State Research Foundation” to boost research in education sector & State Education Technology Foundation’ to enhance the quality of education, teaching, learning and evaluation
● Government will frame a dedicated policy and implement a programme to develop academic leadership in the state of Goa.
Technical Education
● NIT Goa will start functioning from its new campus from May 2022
● In order to improve scientific temper and develop love for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, Government will establish state-of-the-art Digital Technology Experiential Centres in both districts
● New premises to Goa College of Architecture and Goa College of Pharmacy will be carried out by GSIDC
● Provision of Rs. 25 crores has been made for DJ-GIFT scheme
Sports and Youth Affairs
● 49.97 Cr allocated for the development of sports infrastructure
● For functioning of SAG and conducting of various activities, grants to the tune of Rs. 70 crores have been earmarked.
● Earmarked Rs. 4.77 crores for NCC, NSS and for ‘Financial Assistance to Indigent Circumstances Sportsperson scheme’, Rs. 80 lakhs provision has been made.
● Two Khelo India District Centres at Peddem Sports Complex and PJN Stadium, Fatorda for Hockey and Football respectively.
Revenue and Land Administration
● Capital provision of Rs. 10.15 crores for new North Goa Collectorate Building
● Application for sound permissions to be made online
● To bring the long-pending partition cases to a logical conclusion, both the Collectorates will exclusively work to resolve these issues in presence of all the aggrieved parties
Panchayat
● Total allocation to the Panchayat Department is Rs. 404.13 crores
● To strengthen the weaker Panchayats, a provision of Rs. 15 crores has been made.
● Provision of Rs. 10 crores has been made towards salaries of Sarpanch, Deputy Sarpanch and directly elected Panchayat members.
● Provision of Rs. 32.50 crores has been made for Village Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats as financial assistance for development works
● Financial assistance of Rs. 3.50 crores for “Rural Garbage Disposal” scheme
● Rs. 116.10 crores provision for Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin”. 19,975 toilets will be constructed
● 41 new projects under Deendayal Development Scheme
TOURISM
● Provision of 247 cr for Tourism Department
● Provision for 48.66 cr for Beach safety management
● Under Scheme of Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation provision for development of Infra of churches and various places worth 51.74 cr
● Tourism Infra development projects are earmarked for GTDC worrth 80 cr
● Tourist Trade Support (Working Capital Interest Subvention)
● Scheme which provides an Interest Subvention on Working Capital Loans upto Rs.
● 25 lakhs, allocation of Rs. 5 Crores has been kept.
● Provision for parking of Chartered flights at dabolim airport of Rs 5 cr
● Provision for Development of Modern villages schemes of Rs 4 cr
● Provision for various tourism programmes of Rs 2.50 cr
JUDICIARY
● Total allocation for judiciary is Rs 246 Cr Construction of new District & subordinate court complex at merces at a cost of Rs 125.84 Cr is in the process
● Construction of new civil and criminal court building at a cost of 29.70 Cr in Margao is in process aimed to complete project on priority with provision of Rs 14 cr
DIRECTORATE OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
● Provision for Conservation and augmenting of local language and Konkani literature of 12.65 cr
MUSEUM
● Provision of Rs 21,54 Cr for new museum building at Ella Village Tiswadi Taluka
ART & CULTURE
● Provision of 153.42 Cr for conservation of local art and culture in Goa.
● Encourage conservation and promotion of Art & Culture, provision for Kala mandir and ravindra bhavan of 95.10 cr
ARCHIVES AND Archaeology
● New building for the archives department with a provision of Rs. 15 crores
● “Heritage Policy” for the State to be framed. Provision of Rs. 17.50 crores has been made.
● Rs 20 Cr. Provision made for restoration of heritage sites and temples destroyed during the Portuguese era.
INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY
● Total allocation to Information & Publicity Dept is 50.33 cr
● Provision of 2.50 Cr to Goa Scheme of Financial Assistance for Films to encourage Goan film makers
● Provision of 1.50 cr to organize “Konkani and Marathi Film festival
● Provisioned 20 lakhs to “Patrakar Kritadnyata Nidhi” Scheme and 55 lakhs to “Pension Scheme to Journalists”
● Provision of Rs 50 lakhs for assistance to camera/laptop for journalists
● Government has framed an “Advertisement Policy” which will help to streamline the flow of advertisement to newspapers and periodicals
HOME, POLICE, FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES
● Total allocation of 1188.03 cr to the Home Department.
● Provision of 30 lakhs to Goa victim compensation scheme to cover more victims
● Provision of 37 lakhs for expenses related to Goa Haj committee for various activities
● Provision of 1 cr to the Freedom fighters who is registered for Sanman pension.
● Re-constituted the state Police complaints authority for which 1.94 cr has been earmarked and provion of Rs 6 cr for Human Rights commission.
● Police department has provided with a outlay of RS 980.01 Cr which is rise of 41% for modernization.
● Government will launch a programme titled ‘Global Goans’ to promote a mechanism for engaging Non-Resident Goans with Goans residing in Goa.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
● The department has been provided with a outlay of Rs 257.98 cr
● Provision to Waste to Art Park at the cost of Rs 10 Cr
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE
● Provision of 6 Cr has been made for “Project GoVan” – Biodiversity conservation project
● 15,000 sq. Mts area for establishing Central Seed Bank.
● Zonal Master Plan for eco sensitive area around wildlife is has been prepared and will be notified shortly.
FOREST DEPARTMENT
● Forest Department has provided with Rs 154.61 Cr
● A “Nagar Van” has been developed alongside Chapoli Dam an potential eco tourism project.
CO-OPERATION
● Government will provide full emphasis to strengthen the Cooperation movement in the state. Orientation and education would be provided to all the stakeholders to reach benefits to the people of Goa.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT/MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION
● Budgetary allocation to Urban Development is Rs. 576.49 crores in
● order to carry out developmental activities.
● Take redevelopment of slum areas under central schemes.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
● Provision of Rs 3 Cr under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Grameen “Housing for all”
● Proposed formation of 180 SHGs & 46 Village Organizations in 2022-23 for engaging in vegetable cultivation & marketing enterprises.
● Proposed to set up a Common Service Center for food processing
● Activities with machinery and infrastructure in Bardez & Canacona Taluka.
● Proposed to implement the “Startup Village Enterprise Programme” in Goa state.
● Generated wage employment of 85,747 man days providing wage employment to 3,391 job card holders under Mahatma Gandhi Rural
● Employment Guarantee Scheme.
● Provision for 3 Gas cylinders to households every year at a cost of 40 Crs
● Provision for skill development courses under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Scheme.
