HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET – PART II

Digital Goa, Mar 30 – CM Pramod Sawant today presented Rs 436 cr revenue surplus budget with a total size of Rs 24,467.40 crore. The highlight of budget is that there is no change in the existing taxes with a focus on health, power and education sector.

2023-23 Budget of Rs 24,467.40 crore of which Rs 17,097 crore will be revenue and Rs 7,369 will be Capital Assets
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.
Fiscal deficit at Rs 3,603.10 crore which is within 4 % limit specified by 15th Finance commission
State expects Rs 5,982.88 crore from the center as its share in Central Taxes and Grant in Aid.

Health
● Budget increase of 12.86%. Budgetary provision Rs. 1970.20 crores
● Tertiary Cancer Care Center at Bambolim
● 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

GSIDC
● Capital outlay of 372 Cr for Infrastructure works
● Margao Wholesale fish market with cold storage facility

PWD
● Budgetary allocation of Rs 2099.80 crore
● 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
● Budgetary Provision of Rs 721.72 crore
● 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
● 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
Transport Department
● Budgetary Allocation – Rs 289.41 crores
● Digital Fare Meter device cost reimbursement Rs 20 crore
● 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, budget provision of Rs. 10 crores..
● State of the art Terminal building for Captain of Ports.
● First Solar Hybrid Electric Green boat for inland water transport.

Power and Renewable Energy
● Budgetary allocation to this sector is Rs. 3,230.50 crores for the year 2022-23.
● 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

Industries
● Promotion of Khadi and other village industries 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.
● Earmarked Rs. 3.75 crores for various initiatives under the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board.

Handicrafts, Textiles and Coir
● Total allocation to the Handicrafts, Textiles and Coir sector is Rs. 29.35 crore
● 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
● Rs 10 crore worth 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.

Labour & Employment
● The allocation to this segment is Rs. 107.65 crores of which Rs. 77.03 crores has been earmarked for E.S.I scheme.
● “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
● 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”
● 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 & Veterinary 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
● 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”. Allocation increased to Rs. 15 crores.
● Implementtion of “e-Roster” in the administration to validate the roster entries online without the need for physical verification

Women and Child Development
● Budgetary allocation of Rs 434.34 crore
● 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
● Rs 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
● Rs 21.86 Cr allocated to broaden 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
● 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
● Provision of Rs. 25 crores has been made for DJ-GIFT scheme

Sports and Youth Affairs
● Rs 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 Rs 247 cr for Tourism Department
● Provision for Rs 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 Rs 51.74 cr
● Tourism Infra development projects are earmarked for GTDC worth Rs 80 crore

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 Rs 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 Rs 12.65 cr

MUSEUM

● Provision of Rs 21.54 Cr for new museum building at Ella Village Tiswadi Taluka

ART & CULTURE

● Provision of Rs 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 Rs 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

HOME, POLICE, FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES

● Total allocation of Rs 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 Rs 1 cr to the Freedom fighters who is registered for Sanman pension.
● Re-constituted the state Police complaints authority for which Rs 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 at Saligao.
● 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.

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
● 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.

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