Goa News

SME News, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013
PANAJI: Goa government launches a Krishi Card, a digital card and a doorway for farmers to benefit loans and subsidies by the state government.      Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar introduced this card officially on the basis of the database produced by the state ...

SME News, Friday, Apr 26, 2013
NEW DELHI: The proposed 5 per cent raise of royalty rate on iron ore will make most of the process of mining unviable in India, according to Goa Mineral Ore Exporters' Association (GMOEA).     The mining industry body GMOEA, in an illustration to the Union Mines Ministry, said ...

SME News, Thursday, Apr 11, 2013
PANAJI: Data collected till February 2013 suggests that pollution levels have gone down since mining was banned in Goa. The data talks about pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa.     Pollution levels in these areas have reached permissible limits after the mining ...

SME News, Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013
PANAJI: The Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday told legislative assembly that mining companies should be able to "support" workers, instead of laying them off following the mining ban.     Parrikar was responding to a question from Congress legislator Atanasio ...

SME News, Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013
PANAJI: The state government of Goa is taking steps towards framing a policy draft for land acquisition that shall increase compensation for farmers.   Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that farmers who underwent land loss because of the suggested Greenfield Airport at Mopa ...

SME News, Thursday, Mar 21, 2013
PANAJI:  A panel appointed by the Goa government to probe illegal mining in the state will probe the illegal revival of 42 mines 17 years ago, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday.   "Offences and illegalities committed in the mining activities in Goa will ...

SME News, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013
PANAJI:  After exempting petrol from Value Added Tax (VAT), Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday excluded sanitary napkins and diapers from the tax.   Parrikar, who presented his budget in the assembly on Monday, said that the decision had been taken to "ensure ...

SME News, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013
PANAJI:  Beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will be marginally expensive after Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar presented the state budget for 2013-14 on Monday but a consumer can now make up part of the added expense.   In his budget speech in the assembly, ...

SME News, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013
PANAJI:  Foreign tourists who fly into Goa can now shop cheap at the beach paradise.   In his budget speech on Monday, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar offered Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds on purchases made while holidaying in Goa.   "I propose to ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
PANAJI:  People indicted for illegal mining could henceforth be barred from applying for ore extraction licences, a government report states.   The Economic Survey report for this year, tabled on Monday in the Goa legislative assembly, also says that it is working on a ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
PANAJI:  Goa tourism is in for a facelift, with the state government keen on shopping for a "brand consultant" after appointing a public relations agency.   Goa tourism minister Dilip Parulekar told the Goa legislative assembly on Monday in a written reply that the ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
PANAJI:  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Saturday threw a challenge to his detractors who have been claiming that he was soft on the mining industry indicted in a Rs.35,000 crore scam, offering them the lion's share of the sum if they recovered the money.   "If ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
PANAJI:  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, taking on the Supreme Court, has said it was not adhering to the judicial doctrine of "justice delayed is justice denied" when it came to Goa.   "How can the Supreme Court stop a major activity for six months, when ...

SME News, Saturday, Mar 16, 2013
PANAJI:  Hassled by increasing central and state taxes and staring at a mining ban-propelled recession in the near future, Goa's trade and industry captains have urged a status quo on the tax regimen for 2013-14 when the budget is presented on Monday.   In a pre-budget ...

SME News, Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013
PANAJI:  As the Supreme Court-imposed ban on mining stretches to six months, a state business body on Tuesday advocated recovering money from errant mining companies to help Goa tide over its financial worries.   "After the recovery is done, the money should be invested ...