Goa budget not to consider revenue from fresh ore: Parrikar

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 09:56

For the second consecutive year, the Goa government will draft its budget without considering revenue in the form of royalty on freshly extracted ore as uncertainty continues on resumption of mining.

Budget 2013-14 taxes rich class, benefits poor people: Goa CM

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 17:51

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the state government has taxed the rich and given benefit to the poor in the budget 2013-14.

Foreign tourists to get tax refund in Goa

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 20:29

Foreign tourists who fly into Goa can now shop cheap at the beach paradise.

Goa Budget 2013: Beer, IMFL to cost more

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 20:17

Beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) will be marginally expensive after Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar presented the state budget for 2013-14 Monday but a consumer can now make up part of the added expense.

Parrikar presents Rs 10,000 cr Goa budget

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 18:24

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday presented a Rs 10,053.24 crore budget in the Legislative Assembly here, using a poem by senior BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to start off.

Goa CM to begin consultations ahead of budget

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 21:20

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will start holding consultations with different sections of people to seek their inputs for the state budget to be presented on March 18.

Goa Budget 2012: Liquor prices to shoot up

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 15:26

Liquor prices in Goa, which is known for low-cost booze, are set to go up marginally from the next month, owing to a substantial rise in warehousing rates as proposed in the state budget.

Goa cuts VAT, petrol becomes cheaper

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 00:07

A cut in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and Rs 1,000 allowance for housewives from families with annual income of less than Rs 3 lakh are among a series of populist measures in the budget presented by Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday.

Goa: Parrikar announces Rs 11 cut in petrol prices

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 09:31

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar presented a populist budget by slashing petrol prices by Rs 11 and setting target of 15 percent GDP growth for the next fiscal.

BJP minister`s death postpones Goa budget

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 11:37

The sudden death of BJP minister Mathany Saldanha on Wednesday has forced the Goa government to postpone the presentation of the budget for 2012-13 to March 26.