PANAJI:
The Assembly also passed several other Bills which were tabled earlier including The Goa Value Added Tax (Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2017 and Goa Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2017 both of which are consequent to the passing of the Goods and Services Tax regime coming into force.
Besides this, the Assembly has also considered and passed the Goa Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) (Amendment) Bill, 2017, The Goa Information Technology Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017 and the Goa TCP, (Amendment) Bill, 2017.
While the IT Bill, enables the government to set up a Goa Information Technology Development Corporation a Special Purpose Vehicle and statutory body with the functions of promote and assist in the rapid and orderly establishment growth and development of integrated IT parks at places selected by the government and similar functions.
The Bill also defines several terms including "Information Technology Companies", "Information Technology Enabled Services", "Startup", "Electronic Manufacturing Cluster", "Industry 4.0"
The Town and Country Planning Amendment Bill will allow for the appointment of three Chief Town Planners -- for planning, land use and administration.
The amended Act will define the roles to be played by the different CTPs.
House passes appropriation, other bills
The Legislative Assembly on Monday passed the Goa Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2017 to enable the State government to spend exchequer funds to the tune of Rs 16,027 crore from the consolidated fund of the State of Goa as laid out in the budget as well as the Goa Appropriation (No 3) enabling the State government to spend 990 crore as laid out in the supplementary demands for grants.
