‘Daman & Diu’ to be omitted from Goa Acts

Panaji: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved the Goa Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to omit the words ‘Daman and Diu’ from the short title of certain acts enacted by the then legislative assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu.

The bill will be introduced in monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly.

When Goa was part of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, various acts were passed by the legislature. After the enactment of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987, Goa became a separate state, while Daman and Diu remained a Union territory.

After Goa’s statehood, various legislations enacted by the then Union territory continued to remain in force, and thus it is now proposed to omit the expression ‘Daman and Diu’ from the said acts.

CM Pramod Sawant, in his Statehood Day speech, announced the move to remove the words from the acts.

Meanwhile, the state cabinet on Wednesday granted ex-post facto approval to release Rs 1.1 crore as grant-in-aid to supplement payment of salaries to the staff of the administrator of comunidades of both districts.

The state cabinet also granted ex-post facto approval to the transfer of government land in Tuem, Pernem taluka, to the forest department for compensatory afforestation in lieu of diversion of forest land for the construction of the approach road to the Mopa airport.