Goa Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sun, 12 Oct 2025

• A PIB explainer on 12 October 2025 said lower GST rates would cut costs across Goa's economy, where tourism contributes 16.43% of GSDP and pharmaceuticals make up 51% of merchandise exports.
• On 11 October 2025 at the International Purple Fest in Goa, DEPwD Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal launched three initiatives, including an IELTS Training Handbook for Persons with Disabilities and an ISLRTC training programme in American and British Sign Language (PIB, 12 October 2025).

Sat, 11 Oct 2025

• On 11 October 2025 the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities launched the revamped Sugamya Bharat App at the Purple Fest in Goa as a one-stop digital accessibility hub.

Thu, 09 Oct 2025

• PIB said on 9 October 2025 that the DRAVYA portal of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, unveiled at the 10th Ayurveda Day event in Goa on 23 September, will catalogue 100 key medicinal substances in its first phase.

Sat, 04 Oct 2025

• On 4 October 2025 in Goa, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Goa government's 'Mhaje Ghar Yojana' to give home ownership rights, and opened or laid foundations for 21 projects worth ₹2,452 crore.

Tue, 23 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Ayush observed the 10th National Ayurveda Day at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa, on 23 September 2025, on the theme 'Ayurveda for People and Planet'.

Thu, 18 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Earth Sciences hosted the 8th Annual Contractors' Meeting of the International Seabed Authority at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, from 18 to 20 September 2025.

Mon, 08 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Education marked International Literacy Day on 8 September 2025 with the theme 'Promoting Literacy in the Digital Era', as Himachal Pradesh became the fifth fully literate State/UT.

Sat, 30 Aug 2025

• Waves Film Bazaar, held alongside IFFI, opened calls on 30 August 2025 for the Co-Production Market of its 19th edition, set for 20–24 November 2025 in Goa, with $20,000 in cash grants.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025

• FIDE announced on 26 August 2025 that Goa will host the FIDE World Cup 2025, ending on 27 November, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the tournament's return to India after more than two decades.

Wed, 30 Jul 2025

• On 30 July 2025, construction of the Indian Coast Guard's first indigenously built Air Cushion Vehicle began with a girder-laying ceremony at Chowgule & Company, Goa.

Tue, 29 Jul 2025

• On 29 July 2025, Goa Shipyard Limited launched ICGS Atal (Yard 1275), a Fast Patrol Vessel for the Indian Coast Guard, at Vasco-da-Gama, Goa.

Wed, 23 Jul 2025

• On 23 July 2025 in Goa, Goa Shipyard Ltd launched 'Samudra Prachet', the second of two indigenous Pollution Control Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.

Tue, 22 Jul 2025

• On 21-22 July 2025, a National Expert Committee of the Ministry of Ayush met at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa, to refine safety dossiers for Gokshura, Tulsi, Haridra and Chandrashura.

Fri, 18 Jul 2025

• On 18 July 2025 at NFDC headquarters, Mumbai, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw chaired the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the 56th International Film Festival of India, to be held in Goa from 20 to 28 November 2025.

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

• On 14 July 2025, the President appointed Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh as Governor of Haryana, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju as Governor of Goa and Kavinder Gupta as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.

Sat, 12 Jul 2025

• On 12 July 2025, the Women and Child Development Ministry held a zonal meeting at Kevadia, Gujarat, announcing biometric beneficiary registration under Poshan 2.0 from 1 August.

Fri, 30 May 2025

• Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant declared Goa fully literate under the ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram on 30 May 2025, Goa's 39th Statehood Day, making it the second state to cross the 95% benchmark.

Thu, 29 May 2025

• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh flagged in INSV Tarini in Goa on 29 May 2025 as Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A completed Navika Sagar Parikrama II, becoming the first from India to circumnavigate the globe in double-handed mode.

Thu, 22 May 2025

• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar commissioned statues of 'Charaka – Father of Ayurveda' and 'Sushruta – Father of Surgery' at Raj Bhavan, Goa on 22 May 2025 and called for evidence-based validation and digitisation of ancient texts.

Fri, 16 May 2025

• The 8th India–US Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC), set up under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), met in Delhi and Goa from 13 to 16 May 2025.

Mon, 12 May 2025

• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal reviewed urban development schemes in Goa with CM Pramod Sawant in Panaji on 12 May 2025 and agreed to consider the state's request for a 24x7 Drink from Tap water supply scheme under AMRUT 2.0.
• Union Power Minister Manohar Lal reviewed Goa's power sector with CM Pramod Sawant in Panaji on 12 May 2025, noting AT&C losses of 9.32% and suggesting the state explore a nuclear power facility as a long-term measure.

Sun, 11 May 2025

• On National Technology Day, 11 May 2025, the Department of Science and Technology announced five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds in the cement sector, set up in academia–industry partnership under a PPP model.

Sun, 23 Mar 2025

• The keels of the Indian Navy's second and third Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (Yard 1281 and 1282), being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd, were laid at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, on 23 March 2025.

Sat, 22 Mar 2025

• The 23rd edition of the India–France bilateral naval exercise Varuna, held from 19 to 22 March 2025 in the Arabian Sea with aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and Charles de Gaulle, concluded on 22 March 2025.
• Goa Shipyard Ltd launched 'Tavasya', the second frigate of Project 1135.6 (Yard 1259), at Goa on 22 March 2025 in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth.

Fri, 21 Mar 2025

• A Seaking helicopter from INS Vikrant evacuated three crew with severe burns from the Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Heilan Star, about 230 nautical miles west of Goa, on 21 March 2025.

Thu, 13 Mar 2025

• Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched India's first auction of Exploration Licences (ELs), for 13 blocks of critical and deep-seated minerals, at Dona Paula, Goa, on 13 March 2025.

Sat, 08 Mar 2025

• KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar distributed 2,050 bee boxes, honey colonies and toolkits to 205 beekeepers in six states under the Honey Mission, by video conference from New Delhi, on 8 March 2025.