panaji chief minister pramod sawant on friday said that the state government has already taken some austerity measures and by next wednesday it would implement more measures to control government expenditures he also said that the government hasnt cut down on any expenditure on health and covid19 managementwe know that gst and revenue collection in the state has dropped by 80 and to tide over the situation we have started implementing various austerity measures he said by wednesday we will convey to departments the austerity measures taken by the government speaking to reporters sawant said that the housebuilding allowance given to mlas which is at a very low interest rate will now be on par with banks he also said that the state government has come out with a scheme to settle disputes pertaining to gst and vat from 2016 to date we have emailed those having disputes with the government and they should avail the benefit of the scheme to settle these disputes he said sawant also said that a report prepared by the economic revival committee has been submitted to the government and that the government has constituted an economic control committee to take necessary steps