In the early days of the COVID pandemic, Directorate of Higher Education and Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development conducted a detailed study at the panchayat & municipality level to understand their strengths, weakness, opportunities & threats (SWOT). The reports of this study are available at www.dhe.goa.gov.in/index.html. Based on these reports, a detailed plan is drawn out for implementation of Swayampurna Goa program.

The program was launched on 2nd October 2020. Government Officers have been appointed as Swayampurna Mitras and have been visiting village panchayats on Saturdays. With the help of Panchayat members, Secretaries and Link Officers of different Government departments they identify needy people and conduct programs, camps, drives to provide benefits of applicable schemes of the state and central government to them. To overcome the challenges of data collection, nearly 1700 Swayampurna Sahayaks have been appointed, one for each Panchayat and Municipality ward.

Senior Government Officers have been appointed as Taluka Nodal Officers and IAS Officers too were appointed as Swayampurna Paryavekshaks to monitor the entire program and ensure its success. CM, Dr Pramod Sawant is personally reviewing the implementation through the CMO and the nodal department of Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation.