In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc.

It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.

The following is the list of MLAs in the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly after the 2012 election.

After the death of incumbent MLA of Cortalim Matanhy Saldanha, his wife Alina Saldanha was elected unopposed from Cortalim on 25 May.

She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.