Digital Goa, Nov 10- Goa govt will recommence Housing Loan Scheme for govt employee, announced CM Pramod Sawant today. It will be more compact, he added. CM was speaking at the inauguration of the new office building of the Directorate of Accounts, “Kautilya”, Lekha Bhavan at Porvorim. He said that the earlier scheme was stopped as it had many loopholes. Housing Building Advance (HBA) scheme, initiated in 1988 was withdrawn by the state government in May 2020. The new housing scheme is likely to be implemented through the Economic Development Corporation (EDC).
▪️ Half the govt departments already cashless claims CM
Sawant said that the attempt of the govt is to stop the handling of cash in govt systems. Over a period of time each and every scheme, payment etc will be cashless through UPI and other technologies, he added. Sawant went on to claim that almost half the govt departments are already operating in cashless manner.
