porvorim chief minister manohar parrikar who is also the states finance minister said on wednesday that the goa budget would be presented on february 22 the goa legislative assemblys budget session begins on february 19 and concludes on march 21 the budget is a confidential instrument and it cant be revealed but it will be of a different style parrikar said he added that specific meetings for deciding the budget havent started yet but that the budget is an ongoing organic exercise the 2018 budget will be parrikars second after his march 2017 return to state politics after a short stint as defence minister parrikar answering a question said that the state government gives more back to the people than what it collects from them as revenue every month as much as rs 7080 crore goes back to the people of goa he said more than 80 of the states families are beneficiaries of government schemeshowever parrikar sidestepped questions pertaining to other business that would be undertaken during the monthlong budget session