March 2021

GOA Commercial plantations to get boost   New commercial tree plantations and all trees raised on private non-forest land have been exempted from provisions of the Goa Preservation of Trees Act, 1984, under the Swayampurna Goa initiative. This is aimed at encouraging farmers and other landowners to take up commercial tree plantations for economic benefits. To provide employment opportunities … Read more 12.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA National Games projects to be ready soon, Rs 150 crore for organisation: Chief minister Pramod Sawant   Chief minister Pramod Sawant has assured the National Games organising committee that there would be no shortage of funds for the conduct of the much-delayed event, as and when it happens. The 36th edition of National Games in Goa has been … Read more 09.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA New IIT site within a month: Goa CM   Chief minister Pramod Sawant  said that a new location for the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, will be finalised by next month. Sawant said that IIT-Goa director B K Mishra has already been asked to visit some sites that have been shortlisted. Mishra has been … Read more 02.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Goa: Central govt co to boost infra projects   The Goa government  signed a MoU with India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), an enterprise fully owned by the government of India, for infrastructure development on PPP basis. The MoU was signed in the presence of chief minister Pramod Sawant, MD IIFCL Jaishankar and deputy CEO Palash Srivatsava. Goa chief … Read more 26.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Goa Forward to table 2 bills in House to empower SEC   Goa Forward Party (GFP) president and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has informed the speaker of the state legislative assembly that he intends to table two Private Member’s bills to amend the existing Goa Municipalities Act and Goa Panchayat Raj Act during the ongoing … Read more 21-22.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Govt gets go ahead for next five months expenses   The state government sought a vote on account for five months to meet the expenses of the state till the budget for 2021-22 is passed later in July when the state legislative assembly reconvenes. The House passed the Goa Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2021, which enables the Pramod Sawant government to … Read more 25.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Non-tax filing on rise in state since GST rollout   Ever since the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was implemented on July 1, 2017, the commercial tax department has seen an 85% increase in the number of taxpayers who have stopped filing returns. The department has also noticed an increase in the number of cases … Read more 23.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Will present budget on March 24: Goa CM   CM Pramod Sawant  that he would present the state budget on March 24, with the focus on making Goa self-sufficient. “The focus of the budget will be make Swayampurna Goa,” he said. TOI was first to report that Sawant would present the budget on the first or second day … Read more 01.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Rs 50-crore KA renovation project gets cabinet nod   The state cabinet granted approval for structural strengthening and renovation of the Kala Academy, Panaji, at an approximate cost of Rs 50 crore. Chief minister Pramod Sawant told reporters that the iconic cultural complex would not be demolished and that renovation would be undertaken without interfering … Read more 06.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs

GOA Sawant: Mopa airport to be commissioned by August 2022   Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday told the House that the first phase of the Mopa international airport was expected to be commissioned by August 2022.   Presently, construction of the runway, taxiway, passenger terminal building, ATC tower, administration building and compound wall is under way. … Read more 17.03.21 Daily GPSC Current Affairs