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NRI commission brought under home dept control

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In another decision, the cabinet has brought the NRI Commission under the control of the State Home Department. It was earlier a separate entity and budget head.

Under the new arrangement, however, the status of the commission will remain unchanged, Sawant said.

Post-facto approval was also granted by the cabinet to the revised land allotment policy at the Tuem Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) under which rates have been reduced to attract investments, Sawant said.

In yet another decision, ex-post-facto approval was given to extend by five years the Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) of the Goa Broadband Network (GBBN) connectivity and network linking all government departments, State-owned Corporations and autonomous bodies across the State of Comnet Solutions Pvt Ltd as the implementing agency.

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Govt re-introduces home loan scheme for staffers

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Nov 24, 2021, 11:41 PM IST
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MAPUSAWith assembly elections a couple of months away, the State government has decided to re-introduce the home loan scheme for government employees.Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said the cabinet has approved the “streamlined” scheme, under which the home loan will be offered at a two per cent interest rate to government servants.He also said that new applicants will get housing loans from the State-owned Economic Development Corporation (EDC), which has devised…

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