Centre may waive slaughter tax in Goa
24 September 1998 11:57 ISTThe central cabinet is expected to take up the issue of dropping Goa from applying the exorbitant amount of service tax on animal slaughter, since its sole meat complex in the tourist state is virtually ... READ
Centre favours Goa for air cargo complex
22 September 1998 11:58 ISTGoa is being considered an ideal place by the union commerce ministry to set up a cargo complex to export perishable goods, besides starting a permanent commercial exhibition centre here for the western region, on ... READ
Goa demands 50 % weightage for performance criteria
18 September 1998 11:59 ISTDevelopment of the tourist state of Goa, especially in the infrastructural sector, appears bleak in the near future unless the central authorities give more weightage to the performance criteria while allocating central assistance to the ... READ
Willy to review all privatisation plans
09 September 1998 11:59 ISTGetting back to serious work one and a half months later after his coalition government was installed, Goa chief minister Dr Wilfred de Souza has decided to review all the privatisation plans in the infrastructural ... READ
Cosmetic to medicine costs Old Spice Rs 40 crore
25 August 1998 12:00 ISTIs the after shave lotion a cosmetic or a medicine ? The 13-year long controversy in Goa seems to have come to an end with the state authorities ultimately reversing its own decision and classifying ... READ
Salaries to eat up central aid
03 June 1998 12:01 ISTThe BJP-led government's new policy towards central assistance to the states is definitely a sigh of relief for a tiny state of Goa, which is presently undergoing acute financial crisis.The additional benefit would be at ... READ
Tourists targeted for surplus budget
24 March 1998 12:02 ISTGiving big boost to the computer software and cell phone industry, the Goa government has presented a surplus budget, which would cost Goans as well as the tourists visiting the state.Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane, while ... READ
Goa plans interim budget with taxation measures
19 March 1998 12:02 ISTPerhaps it's for the first time the tourist state of Goa is presenting an interim budget with taxation measures, without waiting for the central sanction.The state budgets are gone haywire everywhere with central government still ... READ
Coastal politician fished by IT men
12 January 1998 12:03 ISTGoa may not have scored well in VDIS collections. But perhaps it is the first state to clamp down upon the tax evaders, beginning with a politician-turned-real estate agent of the famous coastal village of ... READ
Goa lotteries to go online
08 January 1998 12:04 ISTINTERNET would be now used for "legal gambling", the on-line lotteries, if Goa succeeds in its hi-tech plans.On the other hand, the local Congress government has also planned series of court petitions against any state, ... READ
