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No. 72 Poudouchéry Vendredi

19

Septembre

2025

No.

Puducherry

Friday

19th

September

2025

(28 Bhadra 1947)

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (FISHERIES)

(G.O. Ms. No. 4/Fy., Puducherry, dated 15th September 2025)

NOTIFICATION

The Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to make the

following rules to further amend the “Rules for Spot Exemption of Sales

Tax on High Speed Oil (HSD) and Reimbursement of diesel subsidy

maximum of

12 per litre together to marine fishermen” under Marine

Sector Schemes “Development of Marine Fisheries through Mechanization

and Reimbursement of Sales Tax on HSD oil and Assistance to Small

Scale Fishermen” previously notified vide G.O. Ms No. 13/Fy.,

dated 31-03-2023 of the Under Secretary to Government (Fisheries),

Chief Secretariat, Puducherry, namely:–

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(1) Short title and Commencement.— These rules may be called

the “Spot Exemption of Sales Tax on High Speed Oil (HSD) and

Reimbursement of diesel subsidy maximum of 12 per litre together to

Marine Fishermen” under Marine Sector Schemes “Development of

Marine Fisheries through Mechanization and Reimbursement of Sales

tax on HSD oil and Assistance to Small Scale Fishermen” – (Amendment)

2025.

(i) They shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

(ii) They shall come into force with effect from the date of

publication in the Official Gazette.

(2) Amendment of Clause I - Eligibility Criteria.— In the said

eligibility criteria clause, in sub-clause 2 Specific Criteria, the point (c)

shall be deleted.

(3) Amendment of Clause II - Pattern of Assistance.— The existing

clause II - Pattern of assistance shall be modified and classified as

(i) (a), (b), (c) and (ii) and the following content shall be added as

sub-clause (i) (d).-

“(i)(d) The Department, through regional level officers in all the

regions, shall arrange for monitoring of registered motorized fishing

crafts at fishing village level” (Additional sub-clause inserted)

Further the following sub-clause (ii) shall be inserted after

sub-clause i (a), (b), (c) & (d).-

(ii) The registered motorized fishing crafts shall be entitled only

for availing spot exemption of applicable VAT as modified from time to

time by the Commercial Tax Department on HSD oil consumed by the

registered motorized fishing crafts from the notified diesel outlets or

through bowsers. (Additional sub-clause inserted).

(4) Amendment of Clause III.— In the said clause, in the

sub-clause (a), the following shall be substituted namely. –

(a)

Puducherry The Pondicherry State Fishermen Co-operative

Federation diesel bunk at Fishing Harbour Complex,

Thengaithittu, Nallavadu, Periaveerampattinam and

Periyakalapet, Puducherry.

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Further, in the said clause, under clause III (d), the following shall

be inserted namely: -

“In all the regions, wherever feasible, diesel will be supplied

through bowsers (mobile diesel bunk) by the Pondicherry State

Fishermen Co-operative Federation / Karaikal Fishermen Co-operative

Marketing Union Ltd. / Authorized designated diesel outlets.”

(5) Amendment of Clause IV - Other Terms and Conditions.— In the

existing clause, in the sub-clause (vii), the following shall be substituted

namely. -

“The Scheme Implementing Officer shall obtain the following

details from the designated diesel outlets in the Union territory of

Puducherry :

(i) Details of High Speed Diesel (HSD) oil availed by the

registered boat owners in the Annexure - II appended with this

Notification;

(ii) Duplicate copy of the original bill issued to fishing craft

owners as a proof of having drawn diesel;

(iii) Bank account number and IFSC of the boat owners; and

(iv) Particulars of fishing conducted by them in Form - VII

as prescribed under Puducherry Marine Fishing Regulation

Rules, 2009.”

2. All other conditions stipulated in the earlier Notification vide

G.O. read above shall remain unaltered.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department,

Puducherry vide I.D.No. e-12959/FD/F4/A3/2025-26, dated 26-08-2025.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

K. CANDANE @ SIVARADJANE,

Under Secretary to Government (Fisheries).

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