Sawant, in a recorded statement released on Tuesday night, said the bill would be reintroduced in the winter session of the Goa legislative assembly within the next two months.
Sawant said that a lot of people have said that the word bhumiputra should not be used in the bill, and that they have told him to remove it.
Defending the bill against an onslaught of criticism and mockery, Sawant said that more than 1.5 lakh houses would be benefited through this bill. He added that the bill has been brought in the interest of Goans, and dismissed apprehensions that it would only help migrants.
The chief minister said that there are around 6.5 lakh houses in 191 village panchayats and 14 municipalities, that have electricity connections. These houses belong to Goans and they have house numbers, water connections and electricity connections, but only 20% of houses are constructed by obtaining licences.