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From Skills to Jobs: How Goa Is Building an Inclusive Future for All

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The Government of Goa has taken another significant step towards building an empowered society by introducing the Divyang Kaushal Yojana.  The scheme focuses on skill development, vocational training and employment-oriented opportunities for persons with disabilities, while strengthening institutions that work towards their empowerment and rehabilitation. Through financial assistance for setting up and operating sheltered workshops, … Read more

Goa Takes Its Identity to Rashtrapati Bhavan: From Ghode Modni to Khazan Lands, What India Will See on August 15

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Goa’s folk traditions, Kunbi textiles, patoleo, azulejo art, and the centuries-old khazan system will be featured at the Independence Day reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, presenting the state through culture, food, craft, and environmental knowledge. At a Glance The Goa India Usually Sees Is Not the Whole Goa For decades, Goa’s national image has been built … Read more

Goa Holds the Line on Mhadei: CM Sawant Vows to Fight “Till the End”

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Goa’s long-running legal battle to protect the Mhadei river has entered a fresh round of political commentary, after a senior Union Minister suggested Karnataka step back from the courtroom, and Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant made it clear that Goa will win this case Union Minister Pralhad Joshi recently urged the Karnataka government to withdraw … Read more

40 Years Later, Selaulim Dam Families Finally Get Their Land Back

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The wait is finally over for 600 families of Sanguem who carried the weight of giving up their homes, their fields, their village temples, so that South Goa could have drinking water. This week, that promise was finally honoured! With the Goa Government’s commitment to Antyodaya, Sarvodaya and Gramodaya, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant resolved … Read more

CM Pramod Sawant Announces 4% Education Loans for ST and OBC Students Outside Goa

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A new concessional-credit push could make higher education outside Goa more accessible, building on the state’s existing interest-free education loan and scholarship ecosystem. The Goa Student Who Wants To Leave, Study And Come Back For a student in Goa, leaving the state for college is often less about wanting to leave home and more about … Read more

Goa’s Fishermen Can Now Look to Satellites Before They Look to the Sea

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A new satellite-based fishing app brings Potential Fishing Zone intelligence closer to Goa’s fishing community, building on years of research that has already shown lower search time and higher catch rates in scientifically identified fishing areas. AT A GLANCE THE SEA IS STILL THE SAME. THE WAY FISHERMEN READ IT IS CHANGING. For generations, a … Read more

White Revolution in Goa: Decoding the 90 Percent Dairy Subsidy and New Milk Incentives Under CM Pramod Sawant

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A massive financial push aims to transform local milk production, offering up to 90 percent subsidies and significant per-litre incentives to Goan dairy farmers. Here is the complete breakdown of the revised Kamdhenu Yojana. At a Glance: Every morning before dawn breaks over the Western Ghats, dairy farmers in Ponda begin a gruelling daily routine. … Read more

18,575 Goan artisans benefit from PM Vishwakarma Scheme

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The Government of Goa is providing skill training and toolkits delivered at home to support its artisan community under the PM Vishwakarma Scheme Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant highlighted that 18,575 artisans across Goa have benefited so far from the Centre’s PM Vishwakarma Scheme, which supports traditional artisans through training, toolkits, and financial assistance. Speaking … Read more

National Legal Academy to Come Up on IIULER Campus in Goa

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Goa is set to host a new pillar of India’s legal education infrastructure.  While addressing the students at Deeksharambh, the orientation programme for IIULER’s 2026 batch, the Bar Council of India’s Chairman, Manan Kumar Mishra, highlighted the Council’s proposal to set up the National Legal Academy for the mandatory training of lawyers at the India International … Read more

From Forest to Feast: Goa’s Ran-Bhaji Festival Is Bringing Wild Cuisine Back to the Table

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Long before supermarket shelves and imported greens, Goa’s kitchens ran on what the forest gave – bamboo shoots, wild tubers, leafy creepers gathered from paddy edges and monsoon-soaked hillsides. That way of eating faded as younger Goans turned toward familiar, store-bought vegetables. The Ran-Bhaji Festival exists to pull it back. On August 9, 2026, Ravindra … Read more