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GoM has made progress in Goa mining sector revival: Sitharaman
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Sep, 2019
The Group of Ministers (GoM) appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
to examine ways to restart the state's banned mining sector has made
progress, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
When
asked to react to efforts made by the Central government to revive
Goa's economy, which has taken a hit following the Supreme Court's ban
on mining last year, Sitharaman said: "On that I know there is a GoM
which has met. The Chief Minister of Goa had participated in it. The GoM
has made progress and they have a keen interest in restoring something
for Goa."
Sitharaman was speaking to reporters on Friday near
Panaji, ahead of the 37th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax council
in the coastal state.
At its peak in 2011, mining accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the state's Gross Domestic Product.
The
Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government is under pressure to
restart mining in Goa, which has been banned for the second time in the
last seven years, following the revelation of gross irregularities in
the sector. Modi earlier this year, appointed a GoM headed by Home
Minister Amit Shah to examine the issue and resume mining in the coastal
state at the earliest.
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