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Overall a good budget but nothing to benefit Goa: GCCI Panaji | February 28, 2006 8:43:44 PM IST Goa Chamber of Commerce Industry (GCCI) has said that the State stands to gain little in its boost to the burgeoning tourism and infrastructrue. Although the Central budget was overall acclaimed as ''very good'' with the Finance Minister doing the ''balancing act,'' it had done little to Goa, the GCCI said in a release here. ''The Budget clearly means that the States which have benefited are either those that are going for elections or those who have a very powerful lobby with the Centre,'' it said. The GCCI had urged Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane to lead a delegation comprising all political parties, trade and commerce bodies to the Finance Minister immediately to plead the case of Goa, particularly in the two sectors. The Mormugao Port that was expected to be picked up for development had not been included. The Mumbai-Goa highway extending up to Tiruvantapuram could have been taken up, the GCCI stated. Goa, which had been attracting more foreign tourist then any other state in the country, was not chosen for setting up of an institute for training personnel for the hospitality industry, along with four other north Indian states mentioned in Parliament. It also regretted that the Centre did not include Goa for developing infrastructure along with the 15 tourist destinations it cited. UNI BM MJ AW1824 -- TUMCHER AXIRVAD ASSUM; DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
