Goa bans foreign tours of ministers, officers till Budget

January 16, 2016 18:40

In an austerity measure, the Goa government today banned foreign tours of all its ministers and officers till Budget and instead asked all the departments to concentrate on revenue-generating activities.

A circular in this regard was issued by by State Finance Secretary Sharat Chauhan. The Laxmikant Parsekar government has also set a limit to the departments to hold state-funded workshops and seminars till new Budget is in place.

According to the circular, there is a complete ban on all foreign visits for study, tours, seminars, conferences, workshops and others including promotion of industry, trade, tourism and others till the Budget.

However, Chauhan said those tours which are already approved (by the government) are exempted from this circular.

"All the department has to follow the economic measures and rationalisation of expenditures, in order to achieve the targets set in the Goa Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006," it said.

"The measures for rationalisation of expenditure are intended to curb necessary revenue expenditure and provide funds for development activities under capital account," it added.

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