FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2026

House endorses budget; passes appropriation bill

PANAJI
The Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday endorsed the State budget for the current 2025-26 financial year presented by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant earlier in March this year and passed the corresponding Goa Appropriation Bill, 2025 by a voice vote.

The passage of the bill gives advance legislative approval to the government to appropriate the State’s receipts and expenditure during the year to and from the Consolidated Fund.

Additionally the House also passed the first batch of supplementary demands for grants and the related Appropriation Bill mostly related to capital expenditure of the government.

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GCZMA holds hearings twice weekly, 200 cases disposed: CM

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Aug 9, 2025, 12:49 AM IST
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PANAJIChief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has increased the frequency of its sittings to twice a week and consequently complaints of violations along the coast are now being dealt with more expeditiously.Standing in for Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira, Sawant said the Authority has thus far disposed 200 cases referred to it relating to CRZ and other violations along Goa’s coastline.He was responding to charges…

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