April 12, 2020 www.goanspirit.com Sawant needs fiscal discipline post Covid-19
In these Covid -19 crunch times, The TO Do list for CM Sawant includes scrapping the sheer extravagance of building the 75 mt tall administrative building, postponing IFFI, which is a drain on the Goan tax payer, for 2 years, solving the debilitating issue of GIDC paying Rs 1 lakh per day as interest, taking back the Rs 26 crore owed by Meta Strips and sacking the 30 per cent government employees who own private businesses financed no doubt by their ill-gotten gains. A blast from the past The more things change, the more they remain the more things change, the more they remain. And so it is with GIDC and the lie that Goans are preferred for employment in industrial estates. GIDC continues to be corrupt and non-Goans get all lucrative jobs. You'd think MNCs/big players make huge investments but Goan contractors are lucky if they get some tertiary contracts in what are basically assembly line units. Also, it is amazing how Goa’s various rungs of the Mafiosi work in the twilight zone and the power they wield. -- *When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.* * - Dalai Lama * Lionel Messias Editor, *Goanspirit, Goa's Spirited Online Fortnightly Magazine.* Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Mob:9822152164