शुभं करोति कल्याणं आरोग्यं धनसंऩदा I

शत्रब
ु ुद्धि-द्धिनाशाय दीऩज्योिी नमोऽस्िुिे I

Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the Legislative

Assembly

It is my great privilege to welcome all newly elected members of the

Goa Legislative Assembly to the first session of this August House
for the year 2022 and also my first address. I must congratulate all
the Hon‟ble Members for their success in recent elections.

2. I express my satisfaction at the peaceful manner in which recent

elections to the Goa Legislative Assembly were held. I must
congratulate the people of the State for their political maturity and
also all political parties for their cooperation in the smooth conduct
of recent elections.

3. I would also like to take this opportunity to appreciate all officers

and officials of the State for free, fair, transparent and smooth
conduct of Assembly Elections 2022 in the State, during the third
wave of COVID-19 pandemic by taking all precautionary measures
as per advisories issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs from time
to time.

4. I am happy to say that the State has successfully controlled the

spread of second wave and third wave of the COVID-19
(Pandemic) and achieved normalcy in its activities in the State with
the handholding support of the Hon‟ble Prime Minister under
“Atmanirbhar Bharat Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana” to
the State.

5. The steps initiated by the State administration under the

directions/ advisories of the State Empowered Committee Chaired
by Chief Secretary in monitoring and taking measures in controlling
the pandemic, creating awareness and implementing vaccination
programme is commendable. Goa is one of the few states which
have covered 100% vaccination of both the doses for the adult
population as per Co-Win portal as on 01st March, 2022. The
vaccination for the age group 15-18 years has commenced from 3rd
January, 2022 and has covered more than 80% and booster dose
for senior citizens is 31,085. This credit goes to all the front line
warriors and the public for their valuable cooperation.

6. Hon‟ble Members, development journey during Covid pandemic

time was not easy. The State has become a role model due to our
determination, self confidence, astute leadership, support and
co-operation of the members of this August House and the citizens
as well.

7. “Swayampurna Goa” is a mission of my Government that

embarks upon attaining Prime Minister‟s Vision for Atmanirbhar
Bharat. This novel initiative was launched by the Hon‟ble Chief
Minister of Goa on 2nd October, 2020 with the sole aim of engaging
the bureaucracy and the community for transformation of every

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Goan citizen into a self-reliant individual contributing towards a self-
reliant Goa.

8. “Swayampurna Goa-Susampanna Gao”. I would like to

congratulate all the Government karmacharis designated as
Swayampurna Mitras, Taluka Nodal Officers, Link Officers and
Swayampurna Paryavekshaks who worked tirelessly in rural as well
as urban areas under Swayampurna Goa Programme to bridge the
gap between public and Government by organizing more than 1900
programmes benefitting 24, 235 beneficiaries. Now, the State has
become a role model for the rest of the country.

9. I am pleased to say that the Hon‟ble Prime Minister had a virtual

interaction on 23rd October, 2021 with the stakeholders to know the
first hand information on how Swayampurna Goa programme was
implemented and further honoured the best Swayampurna Mitras
for their commendable work performed in their respective Village
Panchayats on the commemorative celebrations of 60th Anniversary
of Goa‟s Liberation.

10. “मानि सेिा माधि सेिा”. Under Atmanirbhar Bharat-

Swayampurna Goa, 12 mega events under caption “Sarkar

Tumchya Dhari” i.e. “less Government and more Governance”,
were organized. More than 40 departments and their officers
participated in these programmes and resolved the pending issues
thereon.

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11. My government has received an amount of Rs. 150.00 crore out
of Rs. 300.00 crore towards infrastructure development from the
Government of India for celebration of 60th Goa Liberation Year. I
shall request you all to participate in India @75 Azadi Ka Amrut
Mahaotsav and prepare a road map towards development for the
next 25 years.

12. Hon‟ble Members, “Safety is Every one‟s Responsibility”. My

Government is committed for wellbeing, security and safety of the
citizens and the tourists arriving/travelling to Goa from all parts of
the world. During untiring efforts of the Police, the overall crime
detection rate stood at 82.85% in 2021. I congratulate the Police
department as Valpoi Police Station has achieved 4th rank among
the ten best Police Stations in the country.

13. “Nasha Mukta Goa”. Strict vigil has been kept on drug
peddlers and intensified action against drugs menace. Awareness
programmes were organized with various stakeholders including
student community in order to make the State “Nasha Mukta”.

14. The contribution of Home Guards in conducting recent

elections, Goa Liberation day celebrations and traffic management
is commendable. Efforts are on to make Goa accident free State.

15. I am pleased to say that the State has progressed well in all
spheres and secured 4th position/rank in the country by scoring an
index of 72 points in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
India Index 3.0 report published by the NITI Aayog. Goa is the only

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State in the country to become achiever (Score 100 points) in SDG:
6-Clean water & Sanitation & SDG: 7-Affordable & Clean Energy.
Our target is to become first achiever in all SDGs by 2029.

16. You all are aware that, there was an economic impact on the
world due to Covid. The State has made efforts to improve its
economy. The Gross State Domestic Product at current prices for
the year 2020-21 stood at Rs.78,337.92 crore (Provisional),
registering growth of 4.69% as compared to previous year 2019-
20. The State per capita income is Rs. 5.04 lakh for the year 2020-
21 which is highest in country portraying robust and healthy
economy.

17. Though, the State as well as the entire country has suffered the
second and third waves of Covid, still the State managed to collect
excise revenue to the tune of Rs. 514.91 crore in the year 2020-21,
as compared to Rs. 491.83 crore in 2019-20 depicting an increase
of revenue by 4.69%. The State has collected revenue of Rs.
561.25 crore during the financial year 2021-22 upto February 2022
as against target of Rs. 598.36 crore and is committed to achieve
the target. The services in Goa Excise Management System has
been extended for online digitalization of new applications towards
license, shifting of existing license, cancellation and recording
lables, etc.

18. The State Tax department started functioning in their own new
building “Goa Rajya Kar Bhavan” at Altinho with state-of-the-art
facilities. My Government is working meticulously to improve the

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revenues of the State by optimum utilization of available resources.
The State has collected tax revenue of Rs.4,412.10 crore for the
financial year 2021-22 (upto December 2021) as against the target
of Rs. 5,506.12 crore for the financial year 2021-22 through
GST,VAT,CST etc., as compared to tax revenue of Rs. 4,691.56
crore collected as against target of Rs 5,393.78 crore during the
financial year 2020-21. Under “One Time Settlement Scheme
(OTS), 2020” for recovery of arrears of dues through settlement,
11,896 applications were received to settle claims and Rs. 55.49
crore has been recovered till date. In order to increase surveillance,
monitoring and verification of E-Way bills the Economic Intelligent
Unit (EIU) was formed and Rs. 3.71 crore has been recovered from
tax evaders during financial year (till October 2021).

19. I congratulate the Finance Department for its novel idea in

adopting the TReDS (Trade Receivable Discounting System)
mechanism, which is the first of its kind in the country for facilitating
payments to MSME contractors through Receivables Exchange of
India Limited (RXIL) platform. A similar system has been adopted
for non MSME vendors and has cleared the bills worth more than
Rs. 640 crore. I am happy to say that the State Government has
carried out all four reforms and become eligible to an additional
borrowing limit of 1.95% of GSDP and also availed special
assistance from the Central Government under the scheme
“Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure” to the tune of Rs.
97.66 crore. For the first time, my Government has set up “Goa
CSR Authority”, under Rule 4(2)(b) of the Companies (Corporate
Social Responsibility) Rules with an aim to mobilize the CSR

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contributions from various companies and channelize the same with
the sectoral priorities.

20. My Government has coordinated actively with Central

Government to avail optimum assistance for Centrally Assisted
Schemes and its utilization of funds has improved drastically to
more than 96% as against 51% in the previous years. The monthly
contribution of the State Government towards the employees
eligible under NPS has been enhanced from 10% to 14% w.e.f. 01st
April, 2021

21. सिेषां जीिनं कृद्धषम ् अिऱम्बिे। Agriculture is our wisest

pursuit. Agriculture is back bone of the country. My Government is

striving hard to remove hardships faced by the farmers and raise
their standard of living by encouraging community farming & co-
operative federalism and support the farmers by way of providing
subsidies, incentives, minimum support price for their produce in
the State. My Government has distributed an amount of
Rs. 3.91 crore in the form of subsidies to 14,763 farmers during
2021-22 (upto February, 2022) towards purchase of Agro
machineries such as Tractor, Power Tiller etc., Custom Services i.e.
50% subsidy on hire service charges of various agricultural
machinery for land preparation. In order to encourage local
vegetable growers and boost horticulture crops in the State, Goa
State Horticultural Corporation Ltd has procured 1,038 tonnes of
vegetables worth Rs. 3.14 crore benefitting 1,047 farmers thereby
giving boost even for marketing.

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22. My Government aims towards the welfare and economic
upliftment of farmers and landless labourers in generation of gainful
employment through animal husbandry and allied sectors by
implementing various subsidy based schemes. My Government has
extended loan facilities through Kisan Credit Cards to Animal
Husbandry and Fisheries sectors with subsidized interest rates. An
amount of Rs. 21.72 crore has been sanctioned to 2,057 Kisan
Credit Card holders through various Nationalized Banks (till
February 2022). Goa has been declared as first Rabies controlled
State in the country under the short scheme of Mission Rabies.
State has successfully implemented Foot & Mouth Disease
vaccinations for 53,271 animals and 75,192 animals have been
tagged till date under Information Network for Animal Productivity
and Health. The annual estimated milk production is 60,138.93
tonnes, egg production is 374.79 lakhs and meat production is
6051.69 tonnes as per Integrated Sample Survey. In order to make
Goa self sufficient in milk production, an amount of Rs. 9.00 crore
was released in the form of subsidy under the Kamdhenu scheme
to 310 farmers who have purchased 1,354 animals. Under the
Incentives to Milk Producers scheme, an amount of Rs. 28.76 crore
has been released as composite subsidy to the farmers. Under
Pashupalan scheme, total of 1,979 beneficiaries were assisted with
a subsidy of Rs. 4.24 crore. Efforts are made to encourage and
motivate local youth to take up agriculture and allied services.

23. Fish, Curry and Rice is the Goan‟s staple food. Hon‟ble
Members, you are well aware due to the Covid 19 pandemic
outbreak and disaster created by severe cyclonic storm Tauktae,

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fishing activities were affected across the State. The unfavourable
weather at times left the fishermen struggling. 26 fishermen have
been compensated to the tune of Rs. 75.25 lakh whose vessels were
damaged by the natural calamity at sea. Special drive has been
launched to cover fishermen under Kisan Credit Card and 286
fishermen have received the loan amounting to Rs. 206.45 lakh. My
Government has started registration for all fishermen. Till date 1368
fish sellers are registered. About 11,050 QR code enabled Aadhaar
cards have been issued to fishermen. 129 awareness programmes
were organized about various beneficiary schemes among the
fishing community. In order to elevate the fishing community, 5 new
schemes have been notified to provide financial assistance. During
the year 2021, Marine Fish production was 1.21 lakh tonnes and
Inland fish production was 5,003 tonnes. Efforts are on to sustain
the fisheries resources by adopting responsible fishing and fish
farming.

24. िऺ
ृ ो रऺति रक्षऺिः Goa is Known for its rich Flora and Fauna. As
per Forest Survey of India Report 2020, the forest and tree cover
ratio is about 67%. Efforts are on to increase green cover in the
State and plantation of 5 lakhs saplings in non-forest land and
plantation has been carried over 328 Ha forest area. Under „Catch
the Rain‟ programme, rain water is harvested and water bodies are
created to ensure availability of water to wild life. A Gram Upvan
has been created at Harvalem Village in Sankhali and named as
“Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Gram Upvan”. Forest Rescue
Squad has rescued 5,772 wild life during this period. 97 Vaidya
Mitras are registered for conservation and promotion of traditional
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medicinal knowledge and created 77 school herbal gardens. 5th Bird
festival was celebrated at Chorao. Hon‟ble Chief Minister declared
Malabar Tree Nymph as „State Butterfly of Goa‟. 268 youths have
been trained as Nature Guides. Three nature interpretation centres
and a nature education centre with stay facility has been developed.

25. Transformation of Economic Development to Sustainable

Development is our aim. My Government is always encouraging
green and non-polluting industries in the State. The public is more
vigilant on protecting the environment. Goa Investment Promotion
Board has granted in principle approval to 219 projects with total
investment of Rs. 16,074.80 crore with employment potential of
39,241 persons.

26. During the year 2021-22, under MSME Samadhan Delayed

Payment Monitoring System to Micro, Small Enterprises, 82
applications have been received for an amount of Rs. 10.05 crore
out of which, 19 applications have been disposed off amounting to
Rs. 1.45 crore. Under UAMs 4,833 units have been filed online with
proposed investment of Rs. 539.17 crore with employment potential
of 39,947 persons. Incentives in the form of subsidy/contribution
amounting to Rs. 3.07 crore have been disbursed till December
2021. Under Share Capital to Local Entrepreneurs and Self
Employed Scheme-2015, Rs. 329.87 lakh has been disbursed to
102 beneficiaries. Under Promotion for Beekeeping Scheme, 128
proposals for 282 boxes have been sanctioned, 17 training
programmes have been conducted and training imparted to 360
persons. Konkan Maritime Cluster was accorded approval for

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setting up Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Verna Industrial
Estate, Salcete with the total project cost of Rs 16.22 crore with
Grant in aid from Central Government and State Government of
Rs. 12.00 crore and Rs. 1.50 crore respectively. The Konkan
maritime cluster applicant contributes its share of Rs.2.72 crore.
Under PMEGP, KVIB has distributed subsidy amounting to Rs.
51.37 lakh involving project cost of Rs. 199.08 lakh with an
employment potential of 188 persons. Geographical Indication (GI)
for Goan Khaje, Myndoli Banana and Harmal Chilli have been
successfully notified.

27. The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) plays pivotal

role in encouraging young budding entrepreneurs by way of
extending financial assistance at subsidized interest rates. Under
the Chief Minister‟s Rojgar Yojana, 122 beneficiaries have been
sanctioned a loan amounting to Rs. 6.11 crore during the financial
year 2021-22 (October 2021). Under the “Goa Tribal Employment
Generation Program” an amount of Rs. 611.52 lakh has been
sanctioned to 91 beneficiaries and disbursed an amount of Rs.
475.53 lakh on cumulative basis upto 30th September, 2021. My
Government has made all possible efforts to support the affected
mining dependents. Under “Debt Relief Scheme for mining affected
borrowers of Financial Institution”, cumulative subsidy of Rs. 108.42
crore was sanctioned to 4,696 beneficiaries. Of which, subsidy
amounting to Rs. 97.88 crore was disbursed to 4,564 beneficiaries
up to November 2021. IGNITE-EDC Innovation Hub has supported
29 startup incubatees and has provided co-working space to
numerous entities running their ventures.

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28. The State is richly endowed with the industrial minerals like iron
ore, bauxite, manganese, limestone, etc., besides, minor minerals
like basalt laterite stones, rubble river sand, murrum, etc. which
are the major revenue earners, employment potential generators
and also cater to the demand for construction materials. Efforts for
resumption of mining activities in the State are on for stability and
employment in the mining dependent villages. 27 e-auctions of the
mineral ore lying at various mines in the State have been
conducted; 16.03 million tons of the mineral ore have been sold.
Goa Amendment to the Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1985 is
notified for streamlining the process for grant of Minor Mineral
Quarrying leases and approval of quarrying plans. The total royalty
collected on extraction of major mineral and minor minerals is
Rs.116.12 crore for the financial year 2021-22 till 31st January 2022.
18 new factories under the Factories Act, 1948 and 06 new boilers
under the Boiler Act, 1923 were registered and granted licenses.

29. “Clean and be healthy, then you can become wealthy”.

Goa is a fast urbanizing State in the country. NITI Aayog has
recognized the best practices adopted by Corporation City of Panaji
for “Source Segregation” and Bicholim Municipality for “Plastic
Waste Management” and published in the report “Waste-Wise
Cities- Best practices in Municipal Solid Waste Management”. All
the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State of Goa have been
certified as Open Defecation Free+ by the Quality Control of India
(QCI)/IQVIA team which is a certifying agency notified by
Government of India. There is 100% door to door collection of

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waste and average segregation is at 86% in all 14 ULBs. A 0.5 TPD
Bio-Methanation plant at Valpoi has been commissioned.

30. Under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme vertical of PMAY-U, out of

sanctioned amount of Rs. 629.21 crore; an amount of Rs. 529.52
crore have been disbursed to 2,435 beneficiaries with subsidy of
Rs. 53.63 crore. Under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National
Urban Livelihoods Mission, 486 individuals have completed training
in various skill development courses across all ULBs during the
financial year 2021-22. Under PM Street Vendor‟s Atmanirbhar
Nidhi loan amounting to Rs.1.21 crore have been disbursed to 1213
street vendors. Under E-Governance, ULBs implemented BRAP
2020 reforms related to trade, signages and construction license
services in goaonline portal. Under the Garbage Control Act, the
spot fine mobile application for violators have been developed and
deployed.

31. Under AMRUT Mission, Convergence-Beautification of the

Beach Front Promenade at Miramar is completed. Under Smart City
Mission, Implementation of Smart Radios Wireless Network with
Mast Towers for Panaji City is completed. For the implementation of
Smart City Mission Scheme Government of India has released Rs.
170.28 crore out of sanctioned amount of Rs. 196.00 crore out of
which, Rs. 116.53 crore has been utilized till date. Under Integrated
Development of Major Towns projects; construction of commercial
building of Cuncolim Municipal Council, construction of fish market
in Quepem village of Quepem Municipal Council, development of
Hindu Crematorium and Burial Grounds at St. Inez, for Corporation

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of the City of Panaji have been completed at a cost of Rs. 31.10
crore.

32. “Participate in the Clean India mission and make India

clean again to bring new reign”. The Panchayat Raj is the oldest
system of local government. The role of the Panchayat Raj is
sustainable and inclusive growth, empowering rural population for
improving their quality of life, providing rural infrastructure and
socio-economic growth opportunities, providing opportunity for rural
livelihood and accountable and efficient functioning. Grant-in-Aid to
a tune of Rs. 26.00 crore has been released to various Village
Panchayats and Rs. 17.50 crore for Zilla Panchayats till December
2021, for various Infrastructure development works. Extended
handholding financial support to 111 weaker Panchayats have been
released through unconditional matching grants to the tune of
Rs. 62.30 lakh. Under Rural Garbage Disposal Scheme an amount
of Rs. 1.25 crore has been incurred till December 2021.

33. Under Infrastructure Development Scheme, 17 projects are

completed incurring an amount of Rs.1.66 crore. Under „Swach
Bharat Mission‟ making India open defecation free, already 20,022
individual household toilets and 514 community toilets have been
constructed. Under the theme „Nital Ghar, Nital Gao, Nital Goecho
Rakhano Haanv‟, steps are taken to create awareness on
cleanliness and community living. Under “Digital India”, all 191
Village Panchayats have been extended online facilities. Under
Material Recovery Facility, 80 sheds have been constructed at

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various Villages Panchayats for collection, segregation and disposal
of wet, dry and plastic waste.

34. One of the objectives of the Swayampurna Goa is shelter

for all. Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Grameen, 24 houses
are completed out of 42 houses sanctioned under Housing to All. I
am pleased to say that online website www.goabazaar.org was
launched for all SHGs to showcase their products for online sale.

35. “Women Empowerment” under “Pradhan Mantri Formulation

of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme”, the seed capital of
Rs. 76.11 lakh and bank linkage under one district one product
Scheme, Rs. 17.00 lakh have been sanctioned to 250 SHG
members who are involved in Micro food processing industries. 11 th
Goa SARAS National Level Exhibition-cum-Sale was organized and
SHGs/artisans from 12 States have participated. Under Mahatma
Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, wage employment
of 72,029 mandays has been generated, 352 new Job Cards are
issued and 154 works have been completed. Under National Old
Age/Widow/Disability Pension, during the current year, Rs.47.85
lakh has been disbursed to 9,052 pensioners and another 13,378
pensioners have been identified for monthly pension under the
scheme. Under National Family Benefit Scheme, 174 families have
been given a lump sum assistance of Rs.20,000/- on the death of
its primary bread winner. Under Goa Grameen Urja Yojana, 553
BPL families have been provided LPG connection.

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36. The Greatest Wealth is “Health”. Health for all is one of the
goals in Swayampurna Goa Programme. My Government has
provided 447 medical procedures under the Deen Dayal Swasthya
Seva Yojana and 2.92 lakh cards are issued and are active as on
31st December, 2021. I am happy to say that the State has the best
health indicators such as Birth Rate, Death Rate, Infant Mortality
Rate, Maternal Mortality Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Institutional
Deliveries, etc,. About 1.08 lakh children age less than 5 year were
administered Oral Polio Vaccine doses on 31st January 2021.
Kayakalp Scheme is an initiative by the Government of India for
promoting “Cleanliness or Swachh” in the public health facilities and
many of the health institutions have got commendation awards.
Under Janani Suraksha Yojana, 292 beneficiaries benefitted
incurring expenditure to the tune of Rs. 2.04 lakh.

37. 475 patients have been STEMI diagnosed and 375 patient
STEMI„s thrombolysed. Treatment protocol for control of
hypertension has been formulated for the State. 19,326 are
registered through the app, till 29th December 2021. Under the
Swayampurna Goa Programme, various activities like health
camps, counseling sessions and day care centers, eye checkup
camps were carried off. 119 Health Wellness Centres are working
across State. During continuous awareness programmes on
HIV/AIDS, the adult HIV prevalence has declined from 0.49% in
2010 to 0.25% in 2019. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana,
a flagship scheme, out of 36,974 eligible families 8,458 families are
registered in the State as on 28th December, 2021.

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38. Goa Medical College (GMC) has been granted permission to
commence super specialties DM and MCh courses for the
academic year 2021-22 with intake capacity of DM Cardiology 2
seats, DM Nephrology 2 seats, MCh CVTS 2 seats, MCh Urology 2
seats, MCh Plastic Surgery 1 seat and DM Cardiac
Anaesthesiology 1 seat. National Medical Council granted
permission and converted 19 PG Diploma Seats to 19 PG MD/MS
seats thereby increasing the PG seats from 98 to 117. Online
lectures through Smart E-Classroom for MBBS/AHS/BDS/B.Sc
Nursing have been conducted. GMC is the first college in India
which has successfully conducted PG MD/MS University
Examinations through online. Harvesting of organs under SOTTO
in association with ROTTO, New OPD‟s for Neurology, Plastic
Surgery, Oncology, New Cardiology Ward, Geriatric Ward, CT-Scan
at Casualty have been successfully commissioned. Emergency
Medicine & Trauma Center has been upgraded with 18 beds. The
4th floor of new medicine block is commissioned as Covid Hub.
Dedicated Help line 24x7 was started in GMC&H for providing
consultation and counseling services.

39. Knowledge is divine. Education is the knowledge or skill

obtained or developed by a learning process. My Government
has given priority for quality education, improving the
teaching/learning skills and quality infrastructure by creating
conducive environment. In order to reduce drop outs and increase
attendance of pupils in schools, various schemes have been
implemented. Under the Mid-Day Meal a flagship scheme, about
1.60 lakh students have benefitted with dry ration incurring an

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amount of Rs. 24.66 crore. Under Sarva Shikha Abhiyan, about
1.40 lakh students were provided sets of text books in all subjects
free of cost incurring an expenditure of Rs. 4.52 crore and uniforms
were also provided to 17,314 students which included all girls (I-
VIII) and SC/ST boys of Government schools incurring expenditure
of Rs. 1.04 crore.

40. “िमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय”,. Around 1,000 teachers were given

training through both online and offline mode on creation of Digital

Infrastructure for School Education concert by SCERT. My
Government has introduced „Coding and Robotics Education in
Schools‟ Scheme with a mission to develop computational and
designing thinking skills along with programming and trained 485
teachers benefiting about 65,000 students in class VI, VII, VIII.
National Skill Qualification Framework is operational in 114
Government/Aided High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools
with an enrollment of about 8,500 students. For the first time, Goa
Teachers Eligibility Test was conducted by SCERT to determine
eligibility of candidates to search Primary /Upper Primary School
teachers.

41. “Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope.

Hope breeds Peace”-Confucius.
My Government has taken various initiatives towards achieving
Educational Excellence through Holistic and Conductive Knowledge
Ecology. DISHTAVO-Digital Integrated System of Holistic Teaching
and Virtual Orientation, an initiative that provides e-content based
on prescribed syllabus for all courses of degree colleges in Arts,

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Science, Commerce, Law, Education, Agriculture, Music and
Theatre. The students can access the content 24x7 from anywhere
and get help in the form of videos, transcripts, notes, glossary,
assessment questions etc. The project has already successfully
recorded around 17,000 videos with contributions from around
1,800 faculty.

42. Training for MS 365 Platform was provided free of cost to

seven Government Colleges which included 500 faculty and 7000
students licenses. This tool helps in setting up virtual classroom
and remote learning through cloud services. To promote use of
latest technology by teaching faculty, my Government has
established Teaching, Learning and Education Technology Cells in
all Government Colleges. A vacation camp was organized at 6
centres across Goa for school children aged 8-14 years and
provided essential skills including computational thinking, coding
and communication skills.

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of

values.” –
William S. Burroughs

43. Under “Outcome based Education”, newly inducted faculties

in Government Colleges are trained on using Bloom‟s Level in their
daily classroom with various other pedagogics. My Government is
actively promoting the pursuit of Post Graduate and Doctoral
studies of meritorious students for undertaking studies in excellence
proven institutions in India or abroad and has extended the
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Scholarship amounting to Rs. 8 lakh for studies in India and
US$25,000 for studies abroad. Financial support was extended to
30 students selected for Manohar Parrikar Goa Scholar Scheme.
Goa Private Universities Act, 2020 has been enacted. My
Government has accorded at most priority to Scientific Research
and Development. I am happy to say that the Goa‟s ratio of
research expenditure to that of GSDP is 0.7% which is second
highest in the Country. More stress will laid in this field.

44. My Government is keen in providing quality education to the

students pursuing technical courses. Despite the raging COVID
Pandemic, all educational activities including admissions, teaching
learning process, examinations have been conducted smoothly in
all technical institutions by utilizing hybrid mode (online/offline) for
delivery of services, ensuring no loss to any student for pursuing
their career goals. Diamond Jubilee- Government Investment for
Technical- (DJ-GIFT) is launched to encourage, motivate and
incentivize students to join the Technical Degree and Diploma
courses, benefitting over 10,000 students & their families.

“Sports do not build the characters but they reveal it” –John
Wooden.

45. Goans are passionate sports and music lovers. Their favorite
games are football and swimming. Under One State-One Sport
Scheme, Government of India has entrusted Swimming to the State
for promotion and progress of this sport by providing National level
Coaches.

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“A positive mindset brings positive things”- Philipp Reiter.

46. My Government‟s priority is to develop state-of-the-art sports

infrastructure in the State to the talent budding children. Under the
Government of India “Khelo India State Centre of Excellence”
Scheme, Campal Sports Complex has been approved, where
budding Medal prospects for the Olympics 2024, 2028 and 2032
are being selected in the age group of 10 – 18 years for providing
advanced training in the games of Table tennis, Badminton &
Swimming. Peddem Sports Complex and Fatorda Sports Complex
have been proposed as Khelo India District Centres of Excellence
in Hockey and Football respectively. 30,900 NSS Volunteers from
Higher Secondary Schools and Colleges participated in various
fitness programmes. The Indian Red Cross Society (Goa Branch)
has donated 100 bed sheets, 17 Oxygen Concentrators, 215
Oxygen Cylinders, 312 units of Blood, 06 Sanitizer stands, 100
Stools, 100 Fowler Beds, 05 Ventilators to GMC Bambolim.

47. “योर्ऺेमं िहाम्यहम ्” My Government has taken care of all

weaker sections of the society by extending various welfare

schemes and taking them to their doorsteps of the अंत्योदय. During

the “Sarkar Tumchya Dari camps”, about 1,107 UDID cards have
been generated and distributed. Under Assistance to Disabled
Person scheme, Aids & Appliances have been distributed to 2,175
eligible beneficiaries amounting to Rs. 1.72 crore sponsored by the
Central Government. Transgender sensitization programs were
initiated to create awareness about the issues related to them.

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48. Under the scheme Covid-19 relief to Marginalized/Un-organized
sector, financial Assistance of Rs. 2.65 lakh was released to 53
beneficiaries whose income was affected due to Covid-19
Pandemic. My Government has provided one time ex-gratia to 239
eligible beneficiaries amounting to Rs. 4.78 crore at the rate of Rs.
2.00 lakh to the deceased victim due to Covid-19 infection. Under
Dayanand Social Security Scheme, an amount of Rs. 247.81 crore
was disbursed to 1.43 lakh beneficiaries for the financial year 2021-
22 till December 2021. Under the Scholarship Scheme to Schedule
Caste/Other Backward Class/Minority/ Economically Backward
Classes/Welfare of Handicapped, an expenditure of Rs. 99.79 lakh
was incurred benefitting 1,484 students studying pre-matriculation
and post-secondary stage to complete their education.

49. “Transparency is key to Good Governance”. As a step

towards Digital India, Directorate of Tribal Welfare has on boarded
the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric scholarship for ST Students on
National Scholarship Portal (NSP) in order to directly disburse these
scholarships to students through DBT mode. Foundation stone has
been laid for construction of Tribal Bhavan at village Penha de
Franca, Porvorim.

50. “Ashram School” a centrally sponsored Scheme has been set

up in Goa at Moshi phond, Poinguinim, Canacona. Under Pradhan
Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojana, an amount of Rs.10 lakh has
been disbursed to “Nav Nirman Van Dhan Kendra”, Cotigaon,
Canacona for establishing enterprises through TRIFED. During the
financial year 2021-22, under Atal Asra Yojana an amount of Rs.

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10.98 crore has been sanctioned to 730 beneficiaries; under
“Matruta Yojana Scheme” an amount of Rs. 3.00 crore has been
sanctioned to 60 beneficiaries. Under Forest Right Act, 101 Titles
for Forest land under occupation have been distributed during
November and December 2021. Rashtriya Poshan Maah
(National Nutrition Month) was observed and awareness created
about nutrition to the pregnant women, adolescent child, school
students of various schools and Scheduled Tribes Clusters Village
Panchayat etc.
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of
progress which women have achieved.”-Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
“यत्र नायगस्िु ऩज्
ू यन्िे रमन्िे ित्र दे ििाः”।
Naari Sashaktikaran
Women are equal to men, still not got their due respect.

51. My Government aims to give much needed impetus to the

holistic development, safeguard and upliftment of women and
children. As on February 2022, under the Pradhan Mantri Matru
Vandana Yojana, 3335 beneficiaries have availed the benefits
incurring an expenditure of Rs. 60.21 lakhs. Boy or Girl one and
the same. In order to encourage Girl Child, about 1138
beneficiaries have received benefit amounting to Rs. 1.14 crore
during the financial year 2021-22 (upto January 2022), under
Financial Incentives to Mothers (MAMATA-scheme) who delivered
a Girl Child. In order to provide supplementary nutritional value
intake of children, pregnant women and nursing mothers, an
amount of Rs. 22.29 crore have been spent under Supplement
Nutrition Programme through Anganwadies, benefitting 12,103
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pregnant and lactating women; 36,207 children in the age group of
6 months to 3 years and 25,659 children in age group of 3-6 years
during the financial year 2021-22 (upto January 2022). Under Child
Protection Services, 56 institutions have registered in the State and
810 children have been taken care. In order to reduce the price
inflation on home makers and sustain same standard of living, my
Government has extended Griha Aadhar Scheme to 1.21 lakh
eligible beneficiaries incurring an expenditure of Rs. 227.38 crore
for the financial year 2021-22 (upto January 2022). Poshan
Abhiyan, a flagship programme, 14,395 Community Based Events
(CBE) were conducted during the financial year 2021-22 aiming to
improve nutritional outcomes of children, adolescent girls, pregnant
women and lactating mothers.

52. Women Empowerment: My Government with a aim towards

erasing the general perception that the birth of a girl in the family is
the burden on her parents/guardian during her marriage, “Laadli
Laxmi” scheme has been implemented and Rs. 50.00 crore has
been disbursed to 5000 eligible beneficiaries during the financial
year 2021-22 (upto December, 2021) and since its inception,
72,943 eligible girls have availed the benefits.

53. Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) is a

special purpose vehicle to construct major infrastructure projects in
a time bound manner. During the year 2021-22, GSIDC has
completed infrastructure for 4 Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) tanks
and seven Pressure Swing Absorption plants of 1000 Litres Per
Minute in record time during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, a

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6000 Litres LMO tank has been procured, installed and
commissioned at North Goa District Hospital and also completed
the works of providing and upgrading the Medical Gas Pipeline
System in various hospitals. The High Court Complex at Penha de
Franca, Porvorim, 500 Bedded District Hospital at Margao,
Construction of Bridge across Rua de Ourem Creek, Bus Stand at
Sankhali, Development/ infrastructure of Shree Mahalasa Devi
Temple at Verna Phase-I, repairs and up-gradation &
maintenance/reconstruction of 52 schools were completed costing
more than Rs. 500 crore. Under Deendayal Panchayat Raj
Infrastructure (Golden Jubilee), Work of Panchayat
building/Community halls/Multipurpose Halls / Market complexes for
20 Panchayats have been completed this year.

54. My Government has completed 28 various infrastructure works

in the various parts of Goa like Re-construction of Bridges,
Strengthening of State Highways, Resurfacing of roads,
improvements and widening of roads, up gradation and resurfacing
of MDR, hotmixing the roads, construction of gutters, Augmentation
of Salaulim Water Supply Scheme etc., costing an amount of Rs.
9243.41 lakh.

55. Tillari Irrigation Project, an inter-state project conceived in the

year 1987 is one of the 99 prioritized Pragati projects, being
regularly monitored by PMO for its speedy implementation and is
expected to be completed by May‟ 2022. Upon its completion,
14,521 Ha. land will be brought under irrigation benefiting 1.50 lakh
farmers in Pernem, Bardez and Bicholim talukas and is expected to

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enhance the agriculture production in the State, create employment
in the farming sector generating direct and indirect income.

56. The State witnessed a disastrous flood in the month of July

2021 in most of the rivers causing huge destruction and losses to
the properties. The demarcation of flood area of the river basins
have been completed for the purpose to evolve flood control
measures to the areas badly affected on Mhadei river, Chapora
river, Mapusa river and Khandepar river.

57. Under Raw Water Supply Project, a barrage and 130 MLD raw
water pumping station at Ganjem on Mhadei river at a cost of
Rs.110 crore has been commissioned in a record time of 2 years.
The said structure has impounded 65 lakh cubic meter of raw water
to secure the water requirement of Tiswadi and Ponda Talukas.
Similarly, for the North Goa District, three raw water supply plants
have been implemented at Guirim, Dhargal and Mopa with a
cumulative capacity of 55 MLD are completed at a cost of Rs. 60
crore, which will ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply to
Porvorim, Pernem taluka, Mopa Airport and its surrounding areas.

58. A unique initiative to use abandoned mining pits which have

enormous storage of water, has been implemented for the purpose
of community farming, drinking and groundwater recharge all over
the State at a cost of Rs. 25 crore. Under National Hydrology
Project, river gauging, establishment of all weather stations at
various locations have been carried out in the State. A State water

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quality laboratory is also installed at Sinchai Bhavan-Porvorim, to
monitor the quality of water in the State.

59. My Government is dedicated to providing uninterrupted quality

power supply to domestic, commercial and industrial consumers. In
order to alleviate the sufferings of the people of the State on
account of Covid-19 Pandemic, the Government took a considerate
view by deferring the implementation of the Tariff approved by the
Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the year 2021-22. The
revenue loss was absorbed by the Government.

60. An ultra-modern GIS sub-station 33/11KV, 2 x 20MVA capacity

at Navelim; the “State of the Art” sub-stations of capacity 33/11KV,
2 x 10 MVA capacity at Karaswada in Mapusa and 33/11 KV,
2 x 6.3 MVA capacity at Sal in Bicholim; a new 33/11 KV, 10 MVA
compact sub-station at Anjuna have been commissioned to further
enhance power supply availability in those areas. 33KV S/C cable
from 220/110/33/11 KV Tivim sub-station to 33/11 KV Nachinola
sub-station along with associated equipments has been
commissioned thereby increasing the power supply to the village of
Nichinola. 33KV C/C underground cable from Amona 220/33KV
sub-station to Marcel has been completed. The Real Time Data
Acquisition System has been completed, which will enable to
measure the reliability indices accurately and to take corrective
measures thereon. Work of conversion of HT/LT Overhead Line to
Covered Conductor taken up in Veling, Priol and Cuncolim in Priol
constituency has been completed. Underground cabling works

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undertaken at Old Goa, Mollar, Dhulapi, Cumbarjua feeder,
Margao/Fatorda, Porvorim and Curchorem have been completed.

61. My Government is promoting non-conventional energy

generation to make Goa as „Green Goa‟ for which Goa Solar
Policy is formulated and implemented.

62. My Government aims to promote environment related projects

for conservation and upgradation of environment, abatement of
pollution in the State through various schemes. All seven wetlands
in the State of Goa have been identified and notified as per Wetland
(Conservation and Management) Rules 2017. Goa State Bio-
diversity Board has started Project GoVan which aims towards
conservation of biodiversity through livelihood Interventions in the
State.

63. The construction work of MOPA Airport is expected to be

completed and commissioned by August 2022. The construction of
Aviation Skill Development Centre (ASDC) at the Mopa Airport site
has been completed and the same has been inaugurated by the
Hon‟ble Prime Minister of India on 19th December, 2021. ASDC has
become operational and about 1500 unemployed youth are
expected to be trained prior to commissioning of the Airport. Under
Airport Re-plantation programme, the Goa State Biodiversity Board
(GSBB) has planted 4.6 lakh saplings.

64. The priority of my Government is to provide quality transport

system to the public. My Government has been awarded the

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SKOCH Award (Silver) for the “online issuance of permits” for the
year 2020-21. Revenue collection of the Transport Department
during the financial year till January 2022, is Rs. 226.51 crore.
Under the scheme “Goa State Public Transport reimbursement of
cost of “Digital Meters”, 614 beneficiaries have been benefitted
incurring an expenditure of Rs. 56.89 lakh. In order to reduce
pollution and to make Green Goa, under FAME II, 35 AC Electric
Buses (12 mts) are received and are put operational on intra &
inter-state routes. My Government has extended transport
concessions to various sections of needy people. As a part of
Digital India, Automated Fare Collection System has been
implemented for cashless ticketing in Kadamba Transport buses.
Under “The Goa State Interim Compensation to Road Accident
Victims, 2020” an amount of Rs. 66 lakh have been disbursed to 33
beneficiaries during the current financial year (Upto February 2022).
476 Kadamba Transport Corporation buses are fitted with vehicle
location tracking device along with panic button and are already on
boarded on VLTD portal of NIC and 8,898 taxis are fitted with
Digital Fare Meter.

65. My Government is keen about land use decision making and to

ensure orderly and planned development in the State. As a part of
Ease of Doing Business, empanelment of Notary Architects and
Notary Engineers have been notified to issue third party certification
for grant of permission of lower risks.

66. “A{V{W Xodmo ^d”. Tourism is one of the backbone of the State
economy. More than 20% of the population depends
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directly/indirectly on the tourism and allied activities. God‟s Own
Abode-Goa is worldwide known as the best and safest tourist
destination for its clean beaches, ancient temples, churches, rich
heritage, hospitality, rich diversified culture and its beauty. My
Government has given top priority to the tourism sector in order to
promote health tourism, hinterland tourism, medical tourism,
adventure tourism, eco-tourism, heritage tourism, spiritual tourism
and provide best quality infrastructure for the tourists visiting our
State. The Tourism Shack Policy, was formulated to create
employment/business opportunities to the locals to earn their
livelihood by granting 50% concession in license fees to the shack
allottees taking into account the financial losses incurred by them
during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In order to sustain the tourism
industry which has been adversely affected due to pandemic, my
Government has introduced the “Tourism Trade Support Scheme”.
My Government is making efforts to promote and encourage more
international chartered flights, “International Charter Support
(waiver of landing fees) 2021” scheme has been notified by way of
waiving landing fees up to Rs. 1.00 lakh. Fort Aguada jail complex
has been renovated and inaugurated on the occasion of Goa‟s 60
years liberation day function on 19th December, 2021 at the hands
of the Hon‟ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji which is a
memorial of the unforgettable warrior‟s struggle to liberate Goa.

67. In order to preserve the old land records, my Government has

digitized 1.55 lakh records of land registration books of Bicholim,
Tiswadi and Bardez talukas and 3.7 lakh pages of Notorial records
of Bardez taluka, 382 Government Gazettes and rare books

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comprising 2.21 lakh pages. 256 Modi Marathi documents have
been translated into devanagiri Marathi. Restoration of Fort of Alora,
Painting works at St. Xavier Chapel, Old Goa, Namazgarh, Tar
Surla Mosque, Bicholim have been completed.

68. My Government has satisfactorily implemented the pay roll e-

pagaar which envisages switching over to digital submission of bills
by totally doing away with physical paper bills thereby achieving
green initiatives.

69. I must congratulate the Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

department for their commendable work in implementing Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Scheme in the State during
Covid pandemic. Constituency wise “Anna Utsav” Programmes
were organized to generate awareness about PM-GKAY scheme
wherein identified NFSA beneficiaries were provided with 5 kgs of
rice free of cost.

70. Goa is known for its natural beauty and attracts various film
producers for their film shootings. The film shooting Act “The Goa
(Regulation of Film Shooting) Act, 2021” has been notified with an
aim to regulate all matters pertaining to film shooting for the
issuance of film shooting permissions through online single window
system.

71. Hon‟ble Members, you are all aware that the State has suffered
two cyclones i.e in May and July 2021 causing devastating loss of
damage of houses, animals and crops. About 1,450 claims have

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been disposed and paid compensation for an amount of Rs. 3.80
crore. My Government provided ex-gratia assistance of Rs. 50,000/-
to the next of kin of deceased due to Covid-19 and sanctioned
2,591 claims and disbursed an amount of Rs. 12.96 crore towards
compensation. A special drive was carried out by South Goa District
to Wanmare Tribe in Bethoda village Ponda Taluka and they were
provided with dry ration and other amenities.

72. My Government in association with the Department of Political

Science, Goa University has prepared E-learning contents for an
online Electoral Literacy Course on Democracy and Electoral
Management in India which will help all election officials and other
stakeholders.

73. In order to guide legal matters to common people, a MoU was

signed with V.M Salgaonkar Law College and Govind Ramnath
Kare College of Law for setting up help desk with help of Law
student interns in all offices of registration department. State has
collected revenue of an amount of Rs. 168.16 crore during April to
November 2021, which is 25% more than the revenue collected
during 2020-21.

74. The Aadhaar Generation in the State is over 100% network with
102 permanent Aadhaar enrolment stations. More than 80 Aadhaar
camps were organized during the year under various programs.
The State ranks 7th in implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer in
cash and kind to the beneficiaries of 69 Centrally Sponsored and 93
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Technology. To strengthen and develop effective, efficient and
robust statistical system in the State, the Government has initiated
a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Statistics Course through
the Directorate of Higher Education affiliated to the Goa University
for up-gradation of Statistical skill and capacity building. Chief
Minister‟s Fellowship Programme has been designed to motivate
young professionals, strengthen their understanding of the public
administration system and prepare them for greater leadership and
professional roles in future. Under Atal Gram Development
Authority Goa, strawberry cultivation has been promoted
admeasuring an area of 3700 sq.mts at Netravali Village and for
boosting agriculture sector, free distribution of vegetable, flower and
fruit saplings to farmers have been carried out. 11.4 Ha of non
cultivable land in Surla village, Bicholim has been brought under
cultivation of local beans and paddy by providing free seed to the
farmers.

75. The services provided by the Fire and Emergency services

during the cyclones in May and Tauktae cyclone in July 2021 are
laudable. My duty is to provide latest technology tools to the
Firefighters. The Coastal Fire Station cum Multipurpose Cyclone
Shelter at Porvorim in North Goa; multi-purpose cyclone shelter at
Pilerne fire station under National Risk Mitigation project and
Cuncolim Fire Station were inaugurated. Under Aapda Mitra/Aapda
Sakhi (Community Volunteers in Disaster Response) 350
volunteers out of 400 have been enrolled in the State as per the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the
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Authority. My Government is encouraging and honouring fire
fighters for their exemplary performance in the field of fire fighting
and rescue operations. During the year 2021-22 (February 2022),
the Fire & Emergency Services have collectively attended 5,741 fire
and emergency calls, during which 264 human lives and 567 animal
lives were saved. Property worth Rs. 50.87 crore have been
saved/salvaged due to timely action of the fire personnel.

76. My Government expects whole hearted participation and

cooperation of all the Members of this August House to celebrate
democracy, cherished values & culture that have been nursed
throughout the history of our State. These values and culture will
guide my Government towards attaining “Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikas, Sabka Vishwas aur Sabka Prayas”. I am confident that all
the members of this August house will maintain dignity, decorum,
morals & values and will make steadfast efforts to place the State
on a faster growth track of inclusive sustainable development and
realize the dream of Golden Goa. I am confident together we can
make this possible.

ॐ सिे भिन्िु सखु िनः। सिे सन्िु तनरामयाः।

सिे भद्राखण ऩश्यन्िु।मा कश्श्िि ् दःु ि भाग्भिेि ्॥

ॐ शाश्न्िः शाश्न्िः शाश्न्िः॥

Thank You
Jai Hind- Jai Goa.

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