Panaji, Jan. 11 -- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant inaugurated 21st national level folk festival Lokostav-2020 organized by Directorate of Art and Culture in association with West Zone Cultural Centre and other agencies held at Darya Sangam, Kala Academy, in the city on Friday.

Minister for Art and Culture Govind Gaude, Secretary, Art and Culture Chokha Ram Garg, IAS, Director, Art and Cuture Gurudas Pilarnekar, Programme Officer, West Zone Cultural Centre Tanera Singh Sodha were present on the occasion.

The Chief Minister praised the folk festival Lokostav being held every year at Kala Academy for becoming phenomenal in boosting rural economy along with promoting cultural wealth of the state and said it could also be seen as a magnifi...