Except for this link and a couple of other (rather plebeian) posts on the Goa government budget, budget analysis in Goa has generally "'Goan' with the wind"! HERALD editorialised today about the effect of beer availablity on youngsters. Navhind Times had an op-ed article which was a paean to CM Rane's 'general' financial acumen honed incredibly as a farmer (but precious little about this year's budget specifically)!
Yesterday HERALD had a half page write-up about the budget inserted by the Dept of Information & Publicity of GOG. Compared to the Business Standard link it was painful reading. It was like a 'dhobi list' of 150 items grouped under 20 different heads in four columns. There was no vision, focus, thematic treatment, direction etc to speak of. I was interested in a few items. Goa Institute of Management has been awarded the second installment of Rs 50 lakhs as a grant. (When did it get the first one?) International Centre has been awarded Rs 1 crore presumably as a single new grant. Goa University meanwhile has received Rs 2 crores. No mention of Mopa is made in the HERALD advt. But elsewhere some one came up with a figure of Rs 4 crores for something related to it. As per the Business Standard link the Goa budget is a 'Rs 4000 crore' one. This figure also finds NO mention in the advt. What are the major sources and uses and the tax burden proposed to be levied on the common man? It seems that merely because of a booming national economy the government fnances such as those of Goa are rosier than one would expect. All in all, the Goa govenment does not cut a very impressive figure, in my lay person's opinion, in financial strategy and disclosure matters. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s
