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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (FISHERIES)

(G.O. Ms. No. 13/FY/390, Puducherry, dated 31st March 2023)

NOTIFICATION

In partial modification of the G.O. Ms. No. 10/Fy., dated 26-05-2009

and in supersession of the Notifications No. 4-3/2009-10/Mech(BR),

dated 01-12-2009, No. 4-3/2009 – 10/Mech (BR), dated 14-10-2013,

G.O. Ms. No. 7/Fy., dated 17-06-2016 and G.O. Ms. No. 05/Fy., dated

31-05-2018 of the Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare,

Puducherry, save as respects things done or omitted to be done before

such supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to

approve the revision of existing scheme component “Spot exemption on

levy of Sales tax into Spot exemption of Sales tax on High Speed Diesel

oil (HSD) and Reimbursement of Diesel subsidy maximum of ` 12 per

litre together” subject to the conditions and restrictions as specified

under this notification, namely:-

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5th

April

2023

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I. Eligibility Criteria

1. General

The applicant shall satisfy the following general requirements

for eligibility for extending subsidies/grants.-

(a) The applicant should be either belonging to the

Fishermen Community or be one of those who are

professionally engaged in fishing/fish trade occupation

on full-time basis/prospective entrepreneurs.

(b) The applicant must have resided in the Union territory

of Puducherry for a continuous period of not less than

five years at the time of making the applications for

extending subsidies/grants

(c) The applicant must have been enrolled as a member in

the Fishermen Co-Operative Society and be of above

the age of 23 years and below 60 years and must not

have been a recipient of Old Age Pension, issued by

any of the Departments.

(d) The applicant should not be employed in Government /

Government Undertakings/Co-operative Societies even

on part-time basis.

(e) The applicant must not have any dues to be paid to the

Department/Fishermen Co-operative Societies/The

Pondicherry Fishing Harbour Management Society,

Puducherry/The

Pondicherry

State

Fishermen

Co-operative Federation Limited, Puducherry (in case of

Puducherry region only)/The Karaikal Fishermen

Co-operative Marketing Union Limited, Karaikal (in case

of Karaikal region only)/at the time of making

application.

2. Specific Criteria

(a) The applicant should possess a registered mechanized

boat/motorized fishing crafts and the fishing licence

should have been renewed on annual basis, as the case

may be.

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(b) The applicant should have renewed the Diesel

Passbook on monthly basis.

(c) The applicant should submit bills as proof of having

drawn diesel, from the authorized bunks.

(d) Should not have ventured for fishing during notified

fishing ban period.

(e) The fishing boats must be compliant on colour coding,

Registration under ReAL Craft program, fitted with

mandatory life saving appliances, navigational and

communication equipments.

(f) Should not have indulged in destructive fishing

practices especially in purse seining and pair trawling

fishing operations.

(g) The registered boats should be covered against marine

risks under an insurance policy.

(h) Should furnish fish catch statistic reports on biannual

basis as prescribed in diesel book.

(i) Diesel permit will be issued only on production of

original Diesel Passbook and the Passbook should be

properly updated by the designated diesel outlets,

Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare and its

Branch Offices in the respective regions. Duplicate

Passbook will be issued on production on missing/

non-traceable certificate from Police Station and a fee

of ` 50 will be collected for issue of duplicate Passbook.

(j) On production of diesel subsidy Passbook, the daily

permit should be issued and the quantity of diesel

issued should be recorded in the Passbook by the

Department and its Branch Offices in the respective

regions. Thereafter, the Passbook entry should be

thoroughly checked and properly updated by the

respective designated diesel bunk authorities.

(k) The sale of diesel up to the specified quantity subject

to the ceiling limit per day prescribed under this Scheme

shall be eligible for the grant of such subsidy.

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II. Pattern of Assistance

The registered mechanized boat owners shall be entitled for a

total diesel subsidy not exceeding ` 12 per litre of diesel which includes

both spot exemption of applicable VAT on respective regions and

reimbursement of the balance amount as below:

(a) Registered boat owner can avail spot exemption of

applicable VAT, as modified from time to time by the Commercial

Tax Department on High Speed Diesel oil consumed by a

registered fishing boat from the notified diesel outlets.

(b) For reimbursement, the balance amount of diesel subsidy

after deducting the VAT subsidy from ` 12 per litre (in total not

exceeding ` 12 per litre) shall be reimbursed to the quantity of

diesel lifted for VAT subsidy within the maximum permissible

quantity of diesel per boat per annum, as revised by Government

from time to time.

(c) The mode of payment (reimbursement) shall be made

through DBT to the Aadhaar linked Bank accounts of the

registered boat owners in four quarters viz., April 1st to June

30th, July 1st to September 30th, October 1st to December 31st

and January 1st to March 31st of every year.

III. The following diesel bunks are designated for the purpose of

diesel subsidy to fishermen, namely:-

(a) Puducherry The Pondicherry State Fishermen Co-operative

Federation Diesel Bunk at Fishing Harbour

Complex, Thengaithittu, Puducherry.

(b) Karaikal

The Karaikal Fishermen Co-operative Marketing

Union Diesel Bunk at Karaikalmedu, Karaikal

and also at Fishing Harbour premises, Karaikal.

(c) Yanam

The Pondicherry State Fishermen Co-operative

Federation Diesel Bunk at Savithiri Nagar,

Yanam.

(d) Mahe

The Mavoor Trade Links, Mahe.

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It is further ordered that the Director of Fisheries and Fishermen

Welfare, Puducherry is empowered and authorized to designate or

redesignate additional diesel outlets for this purpose as and when

exigencies arise.

IV. Other Terms and Conditions

(i) Exemption from the levy of tax on the sale of diesel shall be

subject to the duly registered fishing vessels as defined under the

Puducherry Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 2008 (Act No. 6 of 2008) and

the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 by the Authorized Officer of the

Department of Fisheries and Fishermen, Puducherry and its Branch

Offices located in the Union territory of Puducherry (hereinafter referred

to as the said Department) and actually engaged in fishing activities

alone is eligible to avail the diesel subsidy under this Scheme and shall

be issued with a diesel subsidy Passbook:

(ii) Provided that any owner of the fishing vessel who is found

guilty in respect of fishing vessel and against whom penalty is levied

in terms of sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 18

of the said Act, shall not be eligible for such diesel subsidy under this

Scheme.

(iii) Provided further that the registration of the fishing vessel

and the fishing licence of the fishing boats are liable for cancellation/

revocation if, it is determined that HSD oil drawn is utilized for the

purpose other than fishing purpose.

(iv) On production of diesel subsidy Passbook and daily permit

should be issued and the quantity of diesel issued should be recorded

in the Passbook and the Passbook should be properly updated by the

Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare, Puducherry and its

Branch Officers in the respective regions. The sale of diesel up to the

specified quantity subject to the ceiling limit per day prescribed under

this Scheme shall be eligible for the grant of such subsidy.

(v) An Authorized Officer under PMFRA, 2008 (Act No. 6 of

2008) not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Fisheries or any other

official authorized by the Director of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare,

Puducherry shall verify the records and register of the designated diesel

bunks on any working day.

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(vi) The monthly sales details of the diesel sold to fishermen

for fishing activities by the designated bunk shall be duly verified and

certified by the Officer of this Department not below the rank of Inspector

of Fisheries or as authorized by the Director and the certificate shall be

in the Form annexed hereto and such certificate in duplicate for each

designated bunk separately, shall be forwarded to the Commissioner (CT)

on or before 15th of the succeeding month.

(vii) The Scheme Implementing Officer will obtain details of High

Speed Diesel (HSD) oil availed by the registered boat owners from

designated diesel outlets in the Union territory of Puducherry along with

Proforma annexed with this notification and Bank Account Number as

well as particulars of fishing conducted by them in Form-VII as

prescribed under Puducherry Marine Fishing Regulation Rules, 2009.

(viii) After scrutiny of the bills, the Department will submit

admissible bills every quarter to the Directorate of Accounts and

Treasuries, who, in turn, will make payment to the beneficiaries account

through DBT mode.

(ix) The Department will also maintain a register showing

admissible quantity of diesel claimed by the boat owners, actuals, claimed

by the Department with Directorate of Accounts and Treasuries,

Puducherry and disallowed quantity, if any, with reasons. The register

will be maintained and countersigned by the Scheme Implementing

Officer each time the bills are presented to Directorate of Accounts and

Treasuries i.e., in every quarter.

(x) Stringent monitoring of the movements of the these boats

for fishing purpose has to be carried out by Pondicherry Fishing Harbour

Management Society in Puducherry region and a report be submitted

on daily basis to Deputy Director of Fisheries (Mechanization). The

Regional Officer also have to maintain monitoring of these boats on daily

basis strictly subject to the conditions stipulated in this notification.

(xi) Supply of HSD to registered fishing boats shall be effected

directly to the built in tanks fitted into the registered fishing crafts. If,

any deviation in the matter is found out, then the suppliers of the diesel

and the registered boat owner would be penalized by withholding

supply of diesel for determined period of 3 months from the date of such

events, besides initiating action on staff who deviates from this

procedure.

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(xii) The Department will install RFID enabled diesel tanks

coupled with development of software by the Pondicherry State

Fishermen Co-Operative Federation Limited, so that the permits issued

are digitized and simultaneously the diesel pump will dispense only the

quantity which had been permitted.

(xiii) Monitoring the movement of the boat for fishing on a daily/

voyage basis to be carried out by all Scheme Implementing Officers by

obtaining a voyage trip log sheet from the registered fishing boat owners

as mandatory required and specified in the Form-IV attached to the diesel

Passbook.

V. Eligible maximum quantities of diesel permitted per day/per

trip/per annum for registered fishing boats are prescribed hereunder–

Sl.

Type of

Length of

Diesel per trip

Maximum

No.

Boat

period of

permissible

fishing

quantity of

diesel per

annum

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

Wooden

Multi-day

300 litres/day, subject

40,000 litres

mechanized

fishing

to a maximum of 3-4

fishing boat/

voyage for multi-day

Steel

fishing crafts, subject

mechanized

to a maximum, of

fishing boat.

36,000 litres, during

the peak fishing

seasons from June

to September, every

year, as notified by

the Government.

2

Wooden

Daily

150 litres per day for

36,000 litres

mechanized

fishing

the ensuing period.

fishing boat.

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3

FRP boat/

Per day

20 litres per day for

6,000 litres

cattamaram

the ensuing period.

Vallam/Nava/

Wooden Nava

above 20 ft.

with diesel

driven

OBM/IBM.

4

Traditional

Per day

15 litres per day for

4,000 litres

cattamaram,

the ensuing period.

Nava fitted

with

OBM/IBM.

2. All other conditions stipulated in the earlier notifications vide

G.O. Ms. No. 10/Fy., dated 26-05-2009 shall remain unaltered.

3. This issue with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide

their ID. No. 2435/FC/FD/F3/A4/2022-23, dated 31-03-2023.

4. This order shall takes effect from the date of issue of Notification.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

S. MURUGESAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Fisheries).

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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ANNEXURE–I

FORM

[See paragraph-vi (IV)]

DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND FISHERMEN WELFARE,

PUDUCHERRY

Monthly Sales Report of the Diesel Sold to Fishermen for Fishing

Activities

Name of the designated bunk

:

TIN Number

:

Address

:

Report for the month of

:

This is to certify that the above designated bunk authorized by

this Department has effected the following sale of diesel to the fishermen

in ....................... region.

Sl.

Type of Boat

Total number Total litres Total value

No.

of boats to

of diesel

of diesel

whom diesel sold during

sold

was sold

the month

(in `)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

Wooden mechanized fishing

boat/Steel mechanized

fishing boat.

2

Wooden mechanized fishing

boat.

3

FRP boat/Cattamaram/Vallam/

Nava/Wooden nava above

20 ft. with diesel driven

OBM/IBM.

4

Traditional cattamaram,

Nava fitted with OBM/IBM.

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I certify that the above details were duly cross verified with the

records maintained by the above designated bunk and found that they

have fulfilled the conditions laid down in the Notification.

Place :

DIRECTOR/DEPUTY DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Date :

Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare

Puducherry/Karaikal/Mahe/Yanam.

ANNEXURE–II

PROFORMA

[See paragraph-vii (IV)]

Monthly Sales Report of the Diesel Sold to Fishermen for Fishing

Activities

Name of the Organization

:

Name of the designated diesel bunk :

Address

:

Report for the month of

: .................................................

This is to certify that the above designated bunk, viz., .......................

................................................... (Name of the diesel outlet) authorized by

the Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare has effected the

following sale of diesel to the fishermen in .........................................

region.

Sl.

Name

Registered Quantity Purchase

Price

VAT

Value of

No.

of the

number

of Diesel rate/litre

of VAT

exempted

VAT

Registered

of boat

Lifted

(in `)

exempted

subsidy

exempted

Boat

(in litres)

diesel

(in `)

as Spot

Owner

Subsidy

(in `)

(4x7)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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I certify that the above details were duly cross verified with the

records maintained by the above designated bunk and found that they

have fulfilled the conditions laid down in the Notification.

Place :

AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL OF THE DESIGNATED DIESEL

Date :

BUNK OUTLETS, PUDUCHERRY/KARAIKAL/MAHE/YANAM.

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