{"id":79160,"date":"2024-06-23T05:10:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T05:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/goa-seeks-rs-700-cr-for-water-projects-rs-300-cr-for-exposition-of-st-xaviers-relics\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T05:10:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T05:10:11","slug":"goa-seeks-rs-700-cr-for-water-projects-rs-300-cr-for-exposition-of-st-xaviers-relics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/goa-seeks-rs-700-cr-for-water-projects-rs-300-cr-for-exposition-of-st-xaviers-relics\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa seeks Rs 700 cr for water projects, Rs 300 cr for exposition of St Xavier&#8217;s relics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-111201316,imgsize-436155.cms?resize=1200,900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Goa seeks Rs 700 cr for water projects, Rs 300 cr for exposition of St Xavier&#8217;s relics\" title=\"Goa seeks Rs 700 cr for water projects, Rs 300 cr for exposition of St Xavier&#8217;s relics\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"12\">Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has sought Rs 700 crore from the Centre for water augumentation projects and Rs 300 crore grant for the decennial exposition of St Francis Xavier&#8217;s relics scheduled later this year, officials said on Sunday. Sawant was participating in a pre-budget meeting chaired by <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/union-finance-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union Finance Minister<\/a> Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Saturday and he said these initiatives are essential for Goa&#8217;s development. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->The relics of St Francis Xavier are preserved at the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/basilica-of-bom-jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basilica of Bom Jesus<\/a> in Old Goa near state capital Panaji. The exposition is scheduled to be held between November 21, 2024 and January 5, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The event, held once in 10 years, is attended by lakhs of people from across the world. <\/p>\n<p>During the meeting in Delhi on Saturday, the chief minister stressed on the need for a grant of Rs 300 crore for the decennial exposition of the relics of St Francis Xavier, the CM&#8217;s office said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Sawant, who holds charge of the state finance department, also demanded Rs 700 crore for water augmentation projects and financial support for the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/konkan-railway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konkan Railway<\/a> to strengthen connectivity and economic growth in the state, it said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chief minister said these initiatives are essential for Goa&#8217;s development, and he expressed certainty that they will be included in the upcoming Union Budget 2024-2025,&#8221; the CMO said. Sawant was in Delhi on Saturday to participate in the GST Council meeting and the pre-budget meeting chaired by the Union finance minister.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/goa-seeks-rs-700-cr-for-water-projects-rs-300-cr-for-exposition-of-st-xaviers-relics\/articleshow\/111201316.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has sought Rs 700 crore from the Centre for water augumentation projects and Rs 300 crore grant for the decennial exposition of St Francis Xavier&#8217;s relics scheduled later this year, officials said on Sunday. Sawant was participating in a pre-budget meeting chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-111201316,imgsize-436155.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[70965,70964,70967,5645,70963,4250,8471,70969,5113,70966,52813,556,70968],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79162,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79160\/revisions\/79162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}