Besides, it said, the state would not have been able to meet power and water requirements of the SEZs.
"The SEZs would have generated jobs which would have led to large-scale influx of people in Goa and it is within realm of possibilities that the population Goa would have been doubled," state Industries Minister Mahadeo Naik told the Legislative Assembly.
The state has a population of 1.4 million.
Naik said Goa had already seen public unrest over SEZs and it was certain that peace and tranquility would have been a casualty if SEZs were allowed to set foot in the state.
Allowing SEZs would have threatened the identity of Goa and disturbed the peace, he added.
Goa scrapped its SEZ policy in 2007 following massive protests by civil society groups.
The government is yet to revert the 38,40,886 sq mt land which was allotted to seven SEZs.
"It was further observed that seven approved applications required about 250 MW of power, which could not be provided by the government," Naik said, adding that the water requirement of about 16 MLD could not be immediately met.
