Prime Miniter Modi’s government has imposed a 50% tax on the export of Goan ore from 0% to 50% making it no longer a player in the game.
The new tax and quality of our ore means: Shop Closed! We need to recall that even before the court, it was the late CM Manohar Parrikar who shut dow the mines. Ever since attempts have been made to revive this cadaver unsuccessfully! Our young and dynamic Chief Minister Sawant dashed off to Delhi to try and convince the people in power to reduce the tax. Can he convince them? Have the people in power forgotten what the late Chief Minister and Defense Minister did? I doubt it. They appear to be putting his wishes into practice. Ever since Goa saw the last of the Portuguese leave the so-called mine owners have bank rolled the elections from the victory of the first political party the MG Party to the Congress to the BJP. Thank you, sir. Now, they are no longer needed and as the public knows only too well, they have abused the terms of their leases which made CM Parrikar shut down the mines. The people of Goa are grateful to him and have not forgotten his efforts to protect the environment and interests of Goa. CM Sawant knows he has to do something or be seen to do something. That is the name of the game - the mining dependent people expect this much. But the message from the Centre is different? Is CM Manohar Parrikar protecting Goa’s environment and interests beyond the grave? Thank you Prime Minister Modi for imposing the massive export tax! The people of Goa do not want to breathe in any more iron ore dust. Their lungs have taken enough of a beating with all kinds of diseases which were a part of their everyday lives. Finally the people of Goa are free of the iron ore dust problem. Our CM Sawant wants to make Goa self reliant in agriculture. This is good news, very good news. I wish him luck! I appeal to Prime Minister Modi to do the same with coal. Goa is a tourist state and we want MPA to use the port for cruises and boat clubs and not the transportation of coal which is going to another state. What do we gain by destroying the backbone of the Goan economy? Only pollution and massive unemployment.
