PANAJI
The State government has reconstituted the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board with the Chief Minister as its ex-officio chairperson and the Industries Minister as its number two.
The Board is the go-to highest level body for approvals to large investment proposals in the State but has been making little progress if any in attracting meaningful investments amidst a difficult economic climate ever since the concept was adopted by former chief minister, the late Manohar Parrikar.
Apart from the Chief Minister and Industries Minister and a set of Secretaries to the government including the Chief Secretary, the board also has representatives of the various industry bodies.
According to the notification issued by the undersecretary industries, the reconstituted board has on it as “ex-officio members” the finance minister, the chief secretary and the secretaries for industries, environment, T&CP, tourism, revenue and power.
The Chairman of the Goa Industrial Development Corporation is also an ex-officio member.
Ralph De Sousa, who heads the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vishwanath Kochkar of the Goa State Industries Association, Swati Salgaocar of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Nilesh Shah of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa, Milind Anvekar of Goa Technology Association and Rajkumar Kamat are the non-official members.
It will also have a Chief Executive Officer on board.
