panaji chief minister pramod sawant who will present his first budget on february 6 on monday launched a web portal inviting ideas and suggestions from citizens towards preparing the goa budget 202021in a first of its kind in the state the portal is available on the government websitesuggestions and ideas can be sent to the government till january 31 the chief minister said at press conference on monday after chairing a meeting of the business advisory committee bacstating that in the past people would give their ideas on the budget in writing to the government he said that there are a lot of people out there most importantly the youth who would have brilliant ideas to contribute this is another step towards participative and transparent governance sawant who also holds the finance portfolio saidwhile this time the public gets only five days to submit their ideas in the future they will be allotted more time he saidthe 5day budget session that commences on february 3 will see sawant presenting his first budget after assuming charge as goa chief minister on march 19 2019 following the demise of former chief minister manohar parrikar on january 30 2019 parrikar had presented the budget and had taken a vote on account but was unable to read the full budget due to his ill health asked if his budget will have anything specific towards job creation he said job creation cannot be the focus of the budget the focus will be sustainable development all inclusive development of the state is what i wanthe said that emphasis will be laid on rural development and that the budget is being prepared accordingly he however did not give any details traditionally as part of the prebudgetary exercise the finance minister meets various stakeholders and industry stalwarts and receives their representations on how the budget should be and their expectationsthe chief minister said the exercise of meeting industry representatives and other stakeholders is underway on monday he met with representatives of the mining industry to a question sawant said he has also been holding meetings with various heads of departments to assess if the previous budgetary targets have been fulfilledan action taken report on the budget will also be tabled in the house he said