Goa Konkani Akademi

The aim is to accelerate the pace of development of the language by encouraging writers, researchers, etc, and to bring Konkani people from all regions together.

Some of the major goals stated on its website are: The GKA carries out its activities under directions issued to it by the Government of Goa.

Another demand has been that the GKA should be headed by persons of both the major communities in Goa (Hindus and Christians) by rotation.

[8] In March 2017, three prominent members of the GKA committee—Chairman Madhav Borkar, Vice Chairman Jose Lourenco and member Kamlakar Mhalshi—quit their posts "citing issues in receiving funds from the government to conduct various Konkani language promotion programmes.

One reason could be the "low-price, no-distributor-margins policy" as being responsible for the lack of interest by distributors, and hence low readership of its books.