Goa caught up in a debt trap
25 January 1999 11:47 ISTGoa is slowly getting into a deep debt trap, thanks to its unproductive spendings, huge amount of borrowings and allegedly indiscriminate policy of central assistance based on Gadgil-Mukherjee formula.Adding to its piled-up borrowings of Rs ... READ
Goa collects one crore on Kar Vivad
24 December 1998 11:48 ISTGoa is expected to collect around Rs one crore through the Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme by making settlement of around 40 cases by the year end.Working out settlements on 31 applications received so far, the ... READ
Fund crunch pushes Faleiro on slippery ground
11 December 1998 11:49 ISTThe newly formed Congress government in Goa may not last long if the BJP-led coalition government at the centre does not make funds available for the tourist state.It all depends now upon the "dinner diplomacy" ... READ
Two-tier policy to overcome debt trap
15 November 1998 11:49 ISTGoa has decided to adopt a policy at two levels to overcome its financial crunch, by raising funds through borrowings as well as by strengthening the local revenue generation.Major thrust seems to have been given ... READ
Narvekar uses Amartya to counter Willy
03 November 1998 11:50 ISTPoliticians tend to use anything and everything under the sun, provided it suits their political convenience. Now, it's turn of Dr Amartya Sen, the great Indian economist who is honoured with a Nobel prize.Dr Sen's ... READ
Centre 'loans' helping hand
30 October 1998 11:51 ISTThe centre is likely to permit Goa to seek additional Rs 100 crore through the SLR-based open market borrowings, instead of accepting its plea for one-time grant of Rs 150 crore to overcome the financial ... READ
More taxes inevitable ?
20 October 1998 11:52 ISTFollowing hike in excise duty on imported Indian Made Foreign Liquor and beer, Goa is thinking of introducing few more taxation measures like professional tax and entertainment tax to overcome the acute resource crunch it ... READ
Willy orders inquiry into Narvekar's letter to PM
12 October 1998 11:52 ISTA letter written by Goa planning minister Dayanand Narvekar to the centre, accusing prime minister Atel Bihari Vajpayee of treating Goa as Delhi's colony and neglecting its financial woes, has created a flutter in the ... READ
Tax tourists, generate revenue : PC
01 October 1998 11:55 ISTIn order to make Goa's tourism industry self-sustaining, the planning commission has suggested the local authorities to raise its excise duty structure while also taxing the domestic tourists coming here in large numbers.However, the government ... READ
Pollutant industries compelled to pay insurance
28 September 1998 11:56 ISTGoa has identified at least nine major and several other small hazardous industries, who would be now compelled to disburse monetary relief to the victims of the hazardous substances the industries handle in the factory ... READ
