Goa Govt. on Wednesday approved a single window system for granting clearance to tourism events like music festivals, beach weddings, craft bazaars, night bazaars and other tourism events in Goa.

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar, told mediapersons that such events will be given clearance through a single-window system but the organizers of such events will have to get separate permissions from departments like excise, VAT, Goa state pollution control board and Goa coastal zone management authority as these are statutory bodies. 

While the government acknowledges that such events have a strong association with Goa and have actually become permanent features of the state, feedback from organizers revealed that they are made to run from pillar to post for clearances from multifarious government bodies. This has resulted in cancellation of many such events.

The department of tourism will be the nodal department to grant permission to events like music festivals, craft bazaars, night bazaars, beach weddings, cultural events, exhibitions and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) and other tourism-related events.

The events will be classified into two categories - major and minor events. Major events will be of duration exceeding five days or with more than 750 people in attendance and the organizational expenses are in excess of 50 lakh.

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