Has Parrikar made alcohol in Goa more expensive?
After seemingly angering the people of Goa by taking over as Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar is likely to anger the entire nation after making alcohol in Goa more expensive. As part of the budget announced recently, Parrikar marginally enhanced the excise duty on beer and has imposed a ₹1 lakh licence fee on spirit additives. […]
Goa, India now to get lower emmission, BS IV compliant vehicles
As per the Apex Court, “health of the people is far far more important than the commercial interest of automobile manufacturers”. In a step towards prevention of further environmental damage and human health hazard, the Supreme Court has come down heavily on vehicle Manufacturing companies. The SC on Wednesday banned the sale of Bharat Stage III […]
GITP praises Rs 169 Cr move to boost IT jobs in Goa
With the aim firmly fixed on increasing IT jobs in Goa, the State government has increased its focus on Start-ups in Goa. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar while announcing allocations under the budget for IT, allotted about ₹ 169 Cr for the IT sector, including ₹ 15 Cr for Start-ups with the aim of creating 4,000 IT […]
CM Presents Rs 16,270 cr Goa Budget 2017 – 2018
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar presented the Goa Budget 2017 – 2018 in the Goa State Legislative Assembly on Friday. Parrikar presented a revenue surplus Goa budget of Rs 202.48 cr. The Gross budget size for 2017-18 is Rs 16,270 cr as against Rs 14,694 cr in 2016-17.Rs 10,872 cr estimated revenue; Rs 10,670 cr estimated […]
WRD minister pays a surprise visit to the dept, finds a few staffers sleeping on job
Water Resource Department Minister Vinod Palyekar paid a surprise visit to the Porvorim WRD office on Tuesday. On his visit the minister found some of the staffers napping and some were absent without prior notice or permission. “We have visited and seen many irregularities going on, I have directed the executive engineer to issue them […]
Allocation of portfolios in Goa announced!
After close to a week of suspense, that would even make Alfred Hitchcock proud, the allocation of portfolios in Goa has been announced. Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the 28th Chief Minister of Goa on March 14. (Read the entire ItsGoa coverage here) Along with Manohar Parrikar, 9 other designated ministers had taken the […]
BJP wins the floor test, Alemao votes for coalition govt and Vishwajeet resigns from the Congress
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led coalition has cleared the floor test that was ordered by the Supreme Court to be held today. Churchill Alemao, lone NCP MLA, has voted in favour of the coalition government. Vishwajeet Rane, Congress MLA from Valpoi, abstained from voting and later submitted his resignation to protem speaker Siddharth Kuncolienkar. […]
“365 X 5 years” says Parrikar after taking oath
(Video credit: ANI) The drama that began on Sunday evening has come to an end today. Manohar Parrikar has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa. Along with Manohar Parrikar, 9 other designated ministers have taken the oath as well. Ministers who took the oath: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Goa Forward Party (GFP), […]
Elections in Goa – Is this what you wanted Goa?
Elections in Goa are a constant reminder that life is always full of surprises. It is also the epitome of the adage … ‘when life gives you lemons….’ The BJP took the 13 lemons they had, added some salt (GFP), some soda (MGP) threw in some ice (Independents) and are now serving lemonade. However, Goa […]
Manohar Parrikar resigns as DM to be Goa’s next CM
The dust of Goa’s electoral result had not settled yet; another interesting turn of events led to a surprise development in Goan political scenario. In a matter of few hours it became clear that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa will form the government with the support from Goa Forward Party (GFP), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak […]
