Porvorim: Goa govt has introduced an amendment to the Factories Act, 1948, to increase the daily working hours to 10 from the current nine hours, in addition to permitting more overtime hours for employees.Minister for factories and boilers Nilkanth Halarnkar introduced the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill in the assembly on Wednesday. “To reform and simplify regulations and procedures to facilitate the ease of doing business, the Factories (Goa Amendment) Bill seeks to amend Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1948, to enhance the daily hours of work from nine hours to ten hours,” Halarnkar said.He said, “The bill also seeks to amend Section 65 of the act to enhance the total hours of overtime in any quarter from 125 hours to 144 hours.”The bill will come up for a discussion in the coming days. Goa is following in the footsteps of Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.Meanwhile, the House also passed the Goa Suits Valuation Bill, 2025, with 31 MLAs voting in its favour. The opposition opposed the bill on the grounds that it will increase the cost of litigation in property disputes.The Goa Animal Breeding and Domestication (Regulation and Compensation) Bill, 2025, was also passed by the House. Congress MLA Carlos Ferreira said that the bill will conflict with the Centre’s Dog Breeding and Marketing Rules.
