Panaji: More than 18 months after permission was given to set up an automated testing station (ATS) for two-wheelers, light motor vehicles and heavy vehicles on 4,000sqm of land at the Tuem Industrial Estate, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) is yet to hand over the plot to the entity created to operate the facility.The…
Panaji: The allotment of 18 industrial plots under the handicraft cluster at Verna industrial estate has come under the scanner. Two prominent industry bodies, both with representation on the Goa Industrial Development Corporation’s board, have raised serious questions about the legal validity of the process adopted by the corporation, flagging what they say is a…
Panaji: In a major reform, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (Goa-IDC) is working on amendments to allow the conversion of industrial land from leasehold to outright ownership. The Goa-IDC board, which met on Friday, is also considering easing rules for the transfer, sub-lease, subdivision and amalgamation of industrial plots.The proposed changes are part of the…
Panaji: Alleging that the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has suffered a loss of over Rs 10 crore, United Goans Foundation (UGF), an NGO, has called for a probe into all the industrial plots allotted in the last few years. GIDC allotted a utility plot, reserved for common utility infrastructure, to a private steel fabrication…
Panaji: Alleging manipulation in the allotment of plots in industrial estates, the United Goans Foundation (UGF) has written to govt seeking a vigilance investigation into the role of Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) officials.The UGF has also sought cancellation of the provisional allotment of a plot at Verna industrial estate, which the NGO claims has…
A GIDC officer said that providing artisans with access to organised workspace, utilities and logistics will be beneficial as these facilities are typically unavailable in home-based settings Panaji: Continuing to focus on cluster-based development, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has moved to establish a dedicated handicraft cluster at the Verna industrial estate. GIDC has…
GIDC wants to enable industrial units to use as much land as possible because many manufacturing units cannot expand vertically due to the use of heavy machinery Panaji: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) is drafting dedicated construction norms for industrial units, which could simplify obtaining permissions for industrial sheds. GIDC will introduce the building…
Panaji: The complex loops that entrepreneurs have to jump through to obtain No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for the manufacturing units has led to an estimated 80-90% of industrial units functioning without clearances from the directorate of fire and emergency services.Flagging this concern, Goa State Industries Association (GSIA) president Pradip da Costa called for the creation…
Panaji: Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has been awarded a Rs 1 crore project by the directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce (DITC) to implement a Green Index and a Green Credit Model for industrial estates and MSMEs under central govt’s RAMP Programme. An advance of Rs 40 lakh has already been released, with a…
The proposed framework aims to bring standardised, interoperable digital infrastructure to industrial land governance systems across multiple states Panaji: A digital platform built by the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) to streamline industrial land governance has caught the attention of the country’s nodal agency for industrial corridor development, with the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation…
