Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday announced the establishment of a state mining corporation, subsidy in the landing and parking fees for chartered flights to draw international tourists, and completion a greenfield airport at Mopa by August next year as he presented the budget in the Assembly. The budget also announced a stray cattle management scheme for Gaushalas, a new Feni policy to promote the drink as Goa’s ‘heritage spirit’, and the pursuit of a GI-tag for Coconut Feni and popular dessert Bebinca, among other things.
The Goa government, reeling under a direct annual revenue loss of Rs 600 crore, had filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against a ban on mining imposed in 2018.
