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Panaji · West
Chief Minister
BJP · in office since 2022
Declared figures from the ECI election affidavit (2022), via MyNeta/ADR — as declared, not verified. Bars are the original publisher's 0–100 mappings (education mapping; legal: 100 − serious×18 − other×10) — theirs, not ours.
These 0–100 ratings are the original publisher's own, quoted here with their methodology. Audit India computes no score — the same way we carry UNDP's HDI as UNDP's number.
Transparency
44/ 100
the original publisher
Two findings are carried here, each read against the report itself: the 2024 performance audit of public health infrastructure (Report No. 4 of 2024) and the performance audit of construction workers' welfare (Report No. 2 of 2025). The score beside this note was assigned by the original publisher on four different findings — mining, NHM, JJM and coastal regulation — cited to Reports No. 01-04 of 2025. Goa's reports at those numbers are on other subjects, and none of those figures could be found, so they have been withdrawn. Read the score as that publisher's opinion, not as a count of what is shown here.
Officials' Legal Integrity
98/ 100
the original publisher
10 unique officials counted (Governor excluded). CM Pramod Sawant: 0 → 100; Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar: 0 → 100; Mauvin Godinho: 0 → 100; Vishwajit Rane: 0 → 100; Nilesh Cabral: 0 → 100; Govind Gaude: 0 → 100; Rohan Khaunte: 0 → 100; Subhash Phal Dessai: 0 → 100; Atanasio Monserratte: 1 case/1 serious (IPC 376 — rape charge) → 82; and (10th) Ravi Naik (Health, additional portfolio): 0 → 100. Average: (100×9 + 82) ÷ 10 = 982 ÷ 10 = 98.2, rounded to 98. Computed by the original publisher from 2022 affidavits. The council has changed since: Ramesh Tawadkar is now a minister rather than Speaker — Ganesh Gaonkar took that chair in September 2025 — and Nilesh Cabral and Govind Gaude are no longer ministers. All three changes are reflected in the list above, so this average no longer describes the sitting council.
Governance
62/ 100
the original publisher
Composite: indicators avg (64/100) × 50% + Transparency (44/100) × 25% + Integrity (98/100) × 25% = 32 + 11 + 24.5 = 67.5; adjusted down to 62 to reflect: (1) Goa's iron ore mining governance failure — 12 years after the SC ban, zero new mines are operational despite a fresh auction process; ₹2,800 crore of annual economic activity is suspended while legal disputes continue — a governance failure of the highest order for Goa's mining-dependent communities (Sattari, Bicholim, Quepem); (2) systematic CRZ violation enables — 224 TCP amendments relaxing CRZ restrictions through a formal-yet-captured regulatory process; (3) Goa's casino economy (5 offshore floating casinos on Mandovi) operates under a regulatory framework that has no parallel in Indian law and creates significant money-laundering risk.
The 0–100 rings are the original publisher's category scores, in their colour bands — theirs, not ours.
These statistics were carried over from the original publisher, which produced them with a language model rather than compiling them from the publications named beside them. We removed 38 whose figures were absent from the source they credit, and confirmed 45 against theirs. The rest name a publication we have not been able to check them against — read them as the original publisher's figures, not as verified fact.
Figures below are as declared by each individual in their own ECI or Rajya Sabha affidavit. We report them; we do not score them. The small bars under education are the original publisher's 0–100 mapping of the declared qualification — their construct, not a measurement of ours.
| Name | Office | Party · since | Declared cases | Declared qualification | Affidavit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSPramod Sawant | Chief Minister | | 0 | Post Graduate | 2022 |
| AGAshok Gajapathi Raju | Governor | — | — | — | — |
| GGGanesh Gaonkar | Speaker, Goa Legislative Assembly | | — | — | — |
| RTRamesh Tawadkar | Minister for Art & Culture, Tribal Welfare, Sports | | 1 | Graduate Professional | 2022 |
| MGMauvin Godinho | Minister for Transport, Industries, Panchayati Raj, Protocol, Legislative Affairs | | — | — | — |
| VRVishwajit Rane | Minister for Public Health, Urban Development, Town & Country Planning, Women & Child Development, Forest, Ayush | | — | — | — |
| RKRohan Khaunte | Minister for Tourism, Information Technology, Printing & Stationery | 1 | Others | 2022 | |
| SPSubhash Phal Dessai | Minister for Social Welfare, Drinking Water, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, River Navigation | | — | — | — |
| AMAtanasio Monserratte | Minister for Revenue, Labour & Employment, Waste Management | | — | — | — |
Findings from CAG audit reports on schemes as they ran in this state, quoted with their report references. We add no grade of our own.
Public Health Infrastructure and Health Services — Goa
Goa Medical College — the state's only tertiary hospital — was short of 51 per cent of its doctors and medical officers, and vacancies in its super-speciality departments ran from 18.18 to 81.25 per cent. Neither district hospital had an intensive care unit. ASHA workers, the front line of public health in every other state, had not been recruited in Goa at all.
What the audit measured
The state had no human resource policy for public health institutions. Vacancies among doctors, nurses and paramedics were 17.5 per cent in North Goa and 17.9 per cent in South Goa in primary care, and 20.24 and 18.75 per cent respectively in secondary care — while contract staff were hired in excess of sanctioned strength. North Goa District Hospital and every community health centre in the state fell short of the bed occupancy rate IPHS norms require, and gaps were recorded in diagnostics, maternity, dietary, firefighting and infection-control services.
Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers — Goa
Goa took about twelve years to notify its own rules under the construction workers' welfare Act and to start collecting the cess that funds it, and another twelve to constitute the State Advisory Committee the Act requires. The assessing officers appointed in 2007 to assess the cess had made no assessment in their zones at all. Cess collection was notified from 1 January 2009, but village panchayats began collecting only in 2021-22.
What the audit measured
Registering authorities did not know how many construction works were running in their own areas, and there was no data-sharing between the authority that issues construction licences and the one that registers establishments. Registration of workers as beneficiaries was low, which the audit attributes to the Board not running awareness programmes. Cases of non-remittance and delayed remittance of cess by local bodies and by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation were recorded, along with an unauthorised mode of collection. The rules still prescribe no registration fee for establishments employing more than 500 workers.
The promises and their delivery status come from the original publisher and are their assessment, not ours. They cite a party's homepage rather than a manifesto, so what was promised cannot be checked from the citation given. Audit India has verified neither the wording nor the status.
Mopa Airport (Manohar International Airport) completion and integrated tourism hub
Manohar International Airport, Mopa (North Goa) inaugurated January 2023 — Goa's second international airport. 4.4 MPPA capacity; domestic routes operational. Reduces dependency on Dabolim (INS Hansa). International terminal operational; tourist infrastructure surrounding Mopa under development.
Develop Goa as an IT and startup hub — attract major tech investments
Goa IT hub (Techno Goa at Verna and proposed Knowledge Hub at Dhargal) saw limited traction. Startup Goa initiative supports 1,200+ registered startups. Major tech campus investments have not materialised at scale; Goa remains a small IT market relative to Bengaluru/Pune. Niche advantage as a quality-of-life destination for remote workers and digital nomads.
Resume iron ore mining in Goa to boost economy and create jobs
Supreme Court cancelled all 88 Goa mining leases in 2018; auction process restarted under GoI/GoG. As of mid-2026, only 5-7 of 88 mines have received environmental clearances and restarted production. Revenue from mining remains a fraction of pre-2018 levels (₹300 crore vs ₹3,000+ crore). Resumption of full-scale mining faces ecological constraints.
Protect Goa's traditional fishermen from industrial trawling; develop blue economy with aquaculture
BJP 2022 promised a blue economy policy for Goa — deep-sea fishing, seaweed cultivation, and coastal aquaculture alongside protection for Goa's 40,000+ traditional fishermen. The 60-day monsoon trawling ban (June 15–August 15) continues and is enforced. A Bio-diversity Board-backed seaweed cultivation pilot was launched in Tiracol (North Goa) in 2023. However the fundamental conflict between mechanised vessels from Maharashtra/Karnataka and traditional Goan fishermen using dug-out canoes persists. Prawn aquaculture in khazans (Goa's unique tidal paddy-fish dual fields) faces saltwater intrusion from rising sea levels, threatening a centuries-old land-use system.
Universal health coverage under Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva: cashless treatment in empanelled hospitals
Goa's Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) provides cashless inpatient treatment up to ₹4 lakh per year for Below Poverty Line families and ₹2.5 lakh for Above Poverty Line families at empanelled hospitals. 8 lakh of Goa's 15 lakh population is enrolled. Goa Medical College (GMC, Bambolim) — with 18 super-specialities — remains the backbone of public health. DDSSY claim settlement rate: 92%, among India's highest for a state health assurance scheme. However drug availability in GMC wards is inconsistent — patients frequently purchase medicines from private pharmacies despite the scheme.
Dayanand Social Security Scheme: ₹2,000/month to all Goa residents above 60
Dayanand Social Security Scheme continued and enhanced. As of 2022, all Goan residents above 60 (and persons with disabilities above 18) receive ₹2,000/month. 1.4 lakh beneficiaries. GoG also provides additional state supplements to SC/ST/OBC elderly. Among India's highest universal state pension for elderly.
Suspend illegal mining while protecting legal jobs; ensure eco-conscious mining if resumed
Mining in Goa was suspended by Supreme Court orders in 2012 (all 88 leases found irregularly renewed by BJP and Congress governments alike). Manohar Parrikar's BJP government (2017-19) worked to clean up lease paperwork and restart select mines through the auction route. However Parrikar's death (March 2019) and subsequent SC orders (cancelling all leases again in 2018) left GoG in a legally constrained position. The iron ore mining industry — which employed 4 lakh workers directly and indirectly at its peak — contracted to a fraction. GoG attempted to monetise the Goa Iron Ore Export Policy (GIOEP) to provide relief to retrenched miners while new leases were auctioned.
Support Goa's 50,000 fishermen: diesel subsidy, improved harbour infrastructure, ban on trawling near shore
Goa has 50,000+ traditional fishermen (predominantly Catholic Koli/Bhandari communities in coastal talukas). BJP 2017 promised to protect them from industrial trawlers and give diesel subsidy relief. Diesel subsidy under MMSY (Matsyasetu) was given; harbour infrastructure at Betul, Malim and Talpona improved. But the deeper conflict persists: LED-lit deep-sea trawlers from Maharashtra and Karnataka operating in Goa's EEZ undercut local fishermen. The 60-day monsoon trawling ban (June 15–August 15) is enforced but enforcement of the 12-nautical mile limit for mechanised vessels is inconsistent. Goa's fish catch has declined 30% since 2010 as stock depletion accelerates.
Strengthen Goa Medical College and upgrade ESI hospitals for workers
Goa Medical College (GMC, Bambolim) — Goa's only government medical institution — has India's highest doctor-to-population ratio (1:451, against WHO norm of 1:1000). GMC's super-speciality block was expanded under BJP 2017 with 200 new beds. ESI Hospital Panaji and ESI Hospital Margao serve Goa's 1.2 lakh registered industrial workers. However private hospital overcharging — Goa has disproportionately high private healthcare costs despite small size — became a political issue in 2019-21. CMO overcharging complaints against 4 major Goa private chains were filed but mostly settled out of court.
Goa as India's education hub: expand professional colleges, improve government school quality
Goa has India's highest literacy rate (88.7%, Census 2011) and a relatively strong school system. BJP 2017 expanded professional education: NIT Goa became fully operational (2018, Farmagudi campus); BITS Pilani Goa Campus is the most prestigious private institution. Government Polytechnics expanded. However Goa's school dropout at higher secondary level (Class 11-12) is 22% — students leave for Mumbai/Pune jobs rather than completing HSSC. The challenge is not access but relevance: Goa youth (7.5 lakh in 15-29 age group) aspire to tourism, hospitality and IT jobs that don't require engineering degrees.
Attract pharmaceutical and IT investment to Goa; create 50,000 new jobs in 5 years
Goa's economy is 60% services (dominated by tourism) and 30% industry. BJP 2017's industrial vision focused on two sectors: pharmaceuticals (Goa already hosts 50+ pharma manufacturing units in Verna, Kundaim and Bicholim industrial estates — Cipla, Glenmark, Lupin, Aurobindo all have significant Goa presence) and IT/ITES (Techno Goa at Verna). Pharma sector employment: 30,000 direct jobs (stable through 2017-22). IT sector: limited traction — Goa's high cost of living ($2,500-3,000/month for a 2-BHK) and power unreliability deterred IT scale-up. Net job creation 2017-22: ~18,000 formal sector jobs (EPFO data). Tourism, however, created significant informal employment: Goa tourism grew from 8.3 million to 9.9 million visitors (2017-22), adding ~15,000 informal hospitality jobs. Overall employment growth well below 50,000 formal target.
Develop responsible tourism; clean beaches, waste management, end illegal beach shacks
Goa's tourism economy (₹15,000 crore/year direct and indirect) is its defining asset and its primary environmental challenge. BJP 2017 promised to balance tourism growth with environmental stewardship — a tension that has never been resolved. Beach shack regulation: under the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) licensing system, 303 licensed beach shacks operate (2024). However illegal shacks outside NDZ remain a persistent problem. Goa's solid waste management collapsed in 2015 with the closure of the Sonsoddo dump — the Opa landfill (opened 2021) is the current solution but remains contested by villagers. North Goa beaches (Calangute, Baga, Anjuna) regularly fail water quality tests (coliform bacteria exceeding WHO limits) during peak season due to inadequate sewage treatment capacity. The ₹1,100 crore Goa Water Supply and Sewerage Corporation (GWSSCO) programme includes 26 new Sewage Treatment Plants — 14 commissioned by 2026. The Manohar Parrikar-era "Goa Vision 2035" tourism master plan was not formally adopted due to political flux after his death.
Full-term stable BJP government under CM Manohar Parrikar; implement Parrikar's governance model
Manohar Parrikar — India's only IIT-graduate state CM at the time, four-time Goa CM, former Defence Minister — won the 2017 election on 13 seats (BJP's best in Goa) but could not form a majority government without post-poll alliances (MGP, GFP, independents). Parrikar was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018 while serving as CM. He passed away on March 17, 2019 — governing Goa from a hospital bed in his final months. His death created a political vacuum: three CMs in 18 months (Parrikar → Pramod Sawant, February 2019). Parrikar was universally respected across party lines for his personal integrity — he lived in a government bungalow but wore the same rubber chappal daily. The Atal Setu road bridge (Panaji-Betim) — his last major infrastructure legacy — was inaugurated posthumously in 2019. Goa's political culture of defections and coalition instability, which Parrikar himself could not entirely fix, was the BJP 2017 manifesto's most glaring non-delivery.
Resolve Goa's waste crisis; establish scientific landfill and close Sonsoddo dump
Goa generates 500 tonnes/day of municipal solid waste — driven by tourism-generated packaging waste, seasonal tourism spikes (tripling during Christmas-New Year), and poor source-segregation in panchayats. Sonsoddo dump (Margao) was Goa's primary waste site for decades — officially "closed" in 2015 but continued receiving waste illegally until 2019. The Opa Integrated Waste Management Facility (North Goa) opened 2021 — processes 200 tonnes/day of organic waste into compost and 150 tonnes/day through Refuse Derived Fuel. But: Opa is at 70% of its design capacity by 2024 and faces the same "Not in My Backyard" resistance from villages. The plastic ban (single-use plastics banned in Goa from 2017) was enforced selectively — tourist areas in North Goa improved; village/panchayat level enforcement near zero. Goa's waste-to-energy proposal (50 MW Panaji WtE plant, ₹900 crore) is in DPR stage (2026).
Protect khazan lands from encroachment; revive paddy cultivation and organic farming
Khazan lands — Goa's unique coastal low-lying reclaimed tidal wetlands used for paddy-cum-fish farming — cover 18,000 hectares, with 12,000 ha in active use. These are a UNESCO-recognised traditional agro-ecological system and a critical monsoon flood buffer for coastal villages. BJP 2017 promised to protect them; instead, 3,100 ha of khazan land was converted to non-agricultural use (real estate, tourism infrastructure, aquaculture ponds) under GoG permissions between 2017 and 2022 — one of the highest conversion rates in Goa's history. The Goa Land Revenue Code amendment (2019), which simplified agricultural land reclassification, is widely blamed for accelerating khazan conversion. Goa's paddy cultivation area fell from 52,000 ha (2000) to 28,000 ha (2022). Rice self-sufficiency (Goa produces only 18% of its food grain requirement) declined further. The Goa Agriculture Policy 2022 pledged 10,000 farmers into Organic Mission — 2,200 certified by 2026.
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