Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will launch Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa on October 1, 2020. According to a statement, the Government has initiated an Action Plan for Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa under Economic Revival Plan for village Panchayats in the State. Under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swayampurna Goa a study of the economic revival for village panchayats was undertaken by Directorate of Higher Education and Goa Institute of Public administration and Rural Development (GIPARD). Twenty five colleges were involved in the data collection, analysis of data and preparation of individual reports of the all the 191 panchayats in the state. The core team consisting of offices of Directorate of Hiher Education, GIPARD and Colleges were constituted to prepare the action plan.The programme was as promised by the Chief Minister earlier.
The Directorate of Higher Education and Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development were co-ordinating the programme.The sectors identified for taking up the action plan were agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Youth and Adolescents, Senior Citizens, Women and Self Help Groups (SHGs), Tourism, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Schemes and their Convergence and General ? Good Governance.