Panaji, Nov. 25 -- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the state has achieved 100 per cent compliance with the public finance management system (PFMS) for schemes sponsored by the Central government and is the first state in the country to do so.

The chief minister chaired a meeting with officers of the state finance department.

The state government has received fund to the tune of Rs 200 crore from Rs 306 crore allocated for projects under Central schemes and the remaining Rs 106 crore will be received by next month, he said.

The chief minister further said that the state government wanted to pitch 56 projects under Centre-sponsored schemes through consultants.

At least 46 project proposals were sent to the Centr...