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A White Paper On Livelihoods - Goa ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Goa Livelihoods Forum (GLF) is grateful to organisations, institutions and individuals who helped make this White Paper a reality. We are grateful to Life Line Foundation for helping with the survey of the households across all the Talukas of Goa. FIDR has conceptualised the White Paper by providing technical support and guidance. GLF acknowledges the contribution of our Advisory Group including Siddhartha Behera, Asha Dharmanand Vernekar, Dharmanand Vernekar, Sanjib Dash and Prakash Kamat, who played a critical role in developing the White paper. The Advisory Group comprises of sectoral specialists including Siddharth Kuncolienkar, Nitin Kunkolienker, Yatish Naik, Jennifer Lewis E Kamat, Babita Angle, Amol Navelkar, Serafino Cota, Ramesh Ghadi, Raj Vaidya, Damodar Mauzo, and various other active members of our platform. The Sarpanch of villages in all the 12 Talukas and more importantly the communities provided valuable information on the current scenario of Livelihoods in Goa. We laud the efforts of Ravi Kumar & Divya Parmar who have assisted in putting together this White Paper. Our sincere gratitude to the entrepreneurs, youths, Panchayat leaders, women leaders, who have been instrumental in helping us create the platform to release India's first White Paper on Livelihoods in Goa which would pave the way for many more such initiatives, across the country. Thank you all! 1 | P a g e A White Paper On Livelihoods - Goa FOREWORD This situational assessment of livelihoods in Goa may appropriately be referred to as a White Paper, perhaps the first White Paper on livelihoods in Goa, and one of the few state- wide in India. The effort was to reach out to households, individuals, social groups, communities all across the state, spend time with them, undertake a mix of qualitative and quantitative research and prepare an in-depth, authoritative report. This White Paper is more of a guide which is aimed at informing readers, concisely about the complex issue of livelihoods, income, sources of income and quality of life, in the backdrop of Goa experiencing a big change in the economics of dominant sectors – mining, tourism and hospitality and others. The White Paper is meant to help readers understand the issue of sustained quality and standard of life of Goans, offer possibilities of policy and implementation interventions and brace the state to tackle the growth imperatives for the next generations. Sustained development is the key epithet and we invite all the readers to contribute to this White Paper, as it is ever evolving. I am sure you would find this document substantive & useful. Join me in lauding the efforts of Goa Livelihoods Forum (GLF) in presenting the first ever Livelihoods White Paper, conceived & developed by the civil society of Goa! CHARUDUTTA PANIGRAHI MENTOR, GLF 2 | P a g e A White Paper On Livelihoods - Goa DISCLAIMER All information in this document is provided for general information only and is not in the nature of advice. It should not be relied upon for any purpose and GLF makes no warranty or representation and gives no assurance as to its accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose. Information about an individual, civil society organization or programme in this publication does not indicate GLF's endorsement. Where cited, you should refer to the primary sources for more information. This report does not necessarily reflect the views of GLF partners. GLF reserves the right to make alterations to any of its documents without notice. Reproduction and dissemination of this document is permitted provided that the document is unaltered and ownership is acknowledged. Express permission of GLF is required for use of this document (in whole or in part) if such use has the possibility of generating income for the licensee. 3 | P a g e A White Paper On Livelihoods - Goa TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Foreword Disclaimer INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................................... 6 TOPOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................. 6 CLIMATOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 7 IMPACT ON ECONOMIC STATUS .................................................................................................. 7 ANALYSIS OF GOA LIVELIHOOD SURVEY ....................................................................................... 8 PROFILE OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ...................................................................................... 9 AGE ........................................................................................................................................ 9 OCCUPATION .......................................................................................................................... 9 HOUSE .................................................................................................................................... 9 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE ............................................................................................................ 9 FAMILY MEMBERS ................................................................................................................... 9 STATE WIDE ANALYSIS – ALL 12 TALUKS ......................................................................................11 TALUKA WISE ANALYSIS .........................................................................................................18 PONDA ...............................................................................................................................18 SATARI ...............................................................................................................................19 BARDEZ ..............................................................................................................................20 PERNEM .............................................................................................................................21 TISWADI .............................................................................................................................22 BICHOLIM ...........................................................................................................................23 SANGUEM ..........................................................................................................................24 CANCONA ...........................................................................................................................25 DHARBANDORA ..................................................................................................................26 MORMUGAO ......................................................................................................................28 QUEPEM .............................................................................................................................29 SALCETE .............................................................................................................................30 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................32 4 | P a g e A White Paper On Livelihoods - Goa INTRODUCTION Goa, an epitome of tranquillity in the midst of cultural diversity, is a state, world renowned for its lush greeneries and beaches, a sheer paradise of scenic charm, positioned beautifully amidst seas. It is located in the western region of India sharing its borders with the Arabian Sea in the west and Maharashtra in the north with Karnataka to the south and east. Goa has a coastline of about 104 km and inland waterways of about 250 km. Goa being the smallest yet is the fastest growing and the richest economy in the country. The Gross State Domestic Product of Goa at current prices increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.78 per cent from 2011-12 to 2017-18. Goa’s net state domestic product (NSDP) was Rs 587.71 billion (US$ 8.76 billion) in 2017-18. The state had one of the highest per capita GSDP in the country and stands at about US$ 6,044.5 in 2017-18. The mining industry specifically the iron ore mining in Goa has been one of the oldest industries that has immensely contributed towards the growth of the state and brought immense economic prosperity. Developing regions with large mineral deposits confront a challenge in striking the right balance between using the mineral resources for economic prosperity and safeguarding environmental stability and socioeconomic welfare. The state has high literacy rate of 87.50 percent as per 2011 Census Survey and was ranked third in terms of quality of life in 2005 HDI ranking. 40 percent of the state population is made up of migrants. Though traditionally an agrarian economy, Goa has seen a shift to other sectors like manufacturing and tourism. This is due to the fact that agriculture is time consuming, requires more efforts as well as the expensive labour and thus turns out to be a slow and in many cases seemingly unfruitful process. The present proposed study is helpful to solve these all important inter linked complex socioeconomic and environmental issues. Therefore,

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