PORVORIM: The stray cattle menace is plaguing nearly every village and municipal corporation area in the state and the state government has now made a provision of Rs10 crore for gaushalas which provide shelter to stray cattle. “I will also take steps to make these gaushalas self-sufficient,” chief minister Pramod Sawant said while presenting the Goa budget 2021 on Wednesday.
The fisheries sector has already been promised an investment of Rs400 crore by Union minister Giriraj Singh. The central government has approved the state’s proposals for this sector amounting tp Rs 44.66 crore, Sawant said.
To provide a boost to estuarine and brackish water fishing as well as diversification from captive fishing to inland fishing, Rs 3.63 crore have been allocated. Similarly, a provision of Rs 14 crore has been made this year for subsidising VAT and fuel to the fishermen across the state. In addition, special drives are being undertaken to cover fishermen under the Kisan credit cards and so far 235 fishermen have already been issued cards.