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Panaji, 17th August, 2017 (Sravana 26, 1939)

SERIES I No. 20

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Education, Art & Culture

Directorate of Higher Education

—

Order

1/1/15-16/GIA/GEDC/DHE/1386

Sanction of the Government is hereby

accorded to the following Pattern of Assistance

governing recurring grant-in-aid to Goa

Education

Development

Corporation,

Porvorim which is established as per the

provisions contained in the Goa Education

Development Corporation Act, 2003.

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

Objective of Grant:

(i) The Goa Education Development

Corporation shall be entitled to Government

grants towards payment of salaries & wages,

allowances, stipend, honorarium, pension,

retirement benefits, leave salary & pension

contribution, expenditure on academic

activities, training and other programmes,

maintenance expenditure on building and

equipments, establishment expenditure, fuel,

procurement of vehicle, computers &

accessories, furniture & fixtures, equipments

and other assets, expenditure on construction,

expansion, upgradation and updation of the

building and other day today expenditure as

NOTE

There is one Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 19 dated 10-8-2017 namely, Extraordinary dated

11-8-2017 from pages 1203 to 1210 regarding Corrigenda No. 38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(1/2017-Rate)(Corri.)/2865 & No. 38/1/

/2017-Fin(R&C)(2/2017-Rate)(Corri.)/2866 from Department of Finance (Revenue & Control Division) and Notifications

No. 7/11/2017-LA regarding The Goa Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2017 (b) No. 7/11/2017-LA regarding The Goa Appropriation

(No. 3) Act, 2017 from Department of Law & Judiciary (Legal Affairs Division).

Department

Notification/Ord./Corri.

Subject

Pages

1. Education, Art & Culture

Ord.- 1/1/15-16/GIA/

Pattern of Assistance of grant-in-aid to GEDC.

1211

Under Secretary

/GEDC/DHE/1386

2. Home

Not.- 17/8/2011/HD(G)

Goa Grant of financial assistance to War Widows

1213

Under Secretary

DSW/2316

of the Armed Forces of the Indian Union prior

to year 2000, Scheme 2017.

3. Housing

Not.- 2/12/2017/HSG

Financial Assistance of an advance to Goa

1215

Joint Secretary

Housing Board Scheme, 2017.

4. Labour

Ord.- I/11/(5)/IFB/2017/

Revision of existing fees.

1216

Chief Insp. of Factories and

/1805

Boilers

5. Transport

Not.- D.Tpt/EST/1727/

The Central Motor Vehicles (Sixth Amendment)

1217

Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy.

/PFI/2016/2431

Rules, 2017.

INDEX

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may be required from time to time to fulfill the

aims and objectives of the Corporation, on the

basis of 100% estimated expenditure less

estimated receipts, approved by the

Government.

(ii) The Corporation will be allowed to retain

unspent balance if any, to carry forward to the

next financial year. The Government will

consider unspent balance of previous year

while sanctioning subsequent grants. The

Corporation shall utilize the grants for the

purpose for which it is sanctioned in

accordance with the scheme regulating the

grants. The assets if any created out of the

grant in aid will be subject to the conditions

governing grant in aid.

Pattern of Assistance:

(i) The Grant in Aid to Goa Education

Development Corporation shall be as per the

provision made in the State Budget for that

financial year towards various Administrative

expenses.

(ii) The grant is a recurring grant and shall

be utilized for the purpose for which it has

been sanctioned.

(iii) No amount is allowed to be paid to any

institution/voluntary organization out of these

grants.

(iv) The grantee shall furnish to the

Government, utilization certificate in Form

GFR-19A duly authenticated by the Managing

Director of the Corporation and also by the

authorised Chartered Accountant, within a

period of six months from the date of utilisation

or close of financial year whichever is earlier.

Non submission of utilization certificate within

a stipulated period or violation of terms and

conditions stipulated herein would act as

disqualification for getting subsequent grant

from the Government.

(v) The Corporation shall submit minutes of

all the Board of Directors meetings to the

Directorate of Higher Education.

(vi) The grantee shall maintain books of

accounts and other books in relation to its

business and transactions in such form, and

in such manner, as may be prescribed from

time to time.

(vii) As soon as the accounts of the

corporation are audited, the corporation shall

send a copy thereof with a copy of the auditor’s

report to the sanctioning authority.

(viii) The assets acquired wholly or

substantially out of the Grants, except those

declared as obsolete and unserviceable or

contempt in accordance with the procedure

laid down in the General Financial Rules, shall

not be disposed off without obtaining the prior

approval of Government. Further, the assets

so required shall be reverted to the

Government in case of winding up of the

grantee institution. The inventory of articles/

/assets shall be maintained in Form GFR-40,

41 and GFR-42 (Register for Historical or

Artistic value) respectively or such other

appropriate form as prescribed under General

Financial Rules or any other rule of the

Government.

(ix) The grantee shall not increase

the manpower, without approval of the

Government which may increase its liability

on establishment charges.

(x) The grantee must exercise reasonable

economy and observe financial propriety

while incurring the expenditure. The grantee

shall conduct its activities in conformity with

rules applicable to the Government of Goa and

as already provided in The Goa Education

Development Corporation Act.

(xi) The grantee Institution and its

records shall be open for inspection to the

sanctioning authority or its nominee at any

point of time.

(xii) In case of misutilisation of grants,

release of further grant shall be stopped

and misutilised amount shall be recovered

from the grantee institution and individual

responsible with 5% penal interest which

may be waived with the approval of the

sanctioning authority on case to case

basis.

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(xiii) The amount remaining unspent at the

close of the financial year shall be adjusted in

the grant of next financial year in case it has

not been surrendered.

(xiv) The amount shall be drawn from the

Directorate of Accounts on presentation of the

bill in form GAR-32 duly countersigned by

the Drawing & Disbursing Officer of the

Directorate of Higher Education.

(xv) Accounts of the Corporation shall be

subject to audit by Comptroller and Auditor

General of India at his discretion and by

Directorate of Higher Education. The

Corporation is not required to execute any

bond in terms of Rule 209 (6) (x) of the General

Financial Rules, 2005.

(xvi) Pay scales of the staff of the Corporation

shall be subject to the approval of the

Government from time to time.

(xvii) The Corporation shall be required to

submit Achievement cum Performance Report

to the sanctioning authority soon after the end

of the Financial Year.

(xviii) Grants shall be released as per the

schedule given here below:—

1. In the month of April— 40% of the Budget alloca-

tion.

2. In the month of July— 30% of the Budget alloca-

tion.

3. On submission of the— Balance amount of the

Statement of accounts Budget allocation.

Certified by the quali-

fied Chartered Accoun-

tant and utilization

certificate duly authen-

ticated by the Mana-

ging Director & C.A of

the Corporation

(xix) The Grant in Aid shall be debited to

the budget head under Demand No. 35:

2202—General Education;

03—University & Higher Education;

800—Other Expenditure;

27—Goa Education Development Cor-

poration (GEDC);

31—Grant-in-Aid.

Budget:

(a) The Corporation shall before 30th

September of every year, prepare an annual

financial

statement/budget

and

the

programme of its activities for the succeeding

financial year and submit the same to the

Government on or before 31st October.

(b) The Corporation shall be competent to

make variations in the programme of work in

the course of the year provided that all such

variations and re-appropriations out of the

sanctioned budget are brought to the notice

of the Government by supplementary financial

statement.

Corporation under any circumstances, which

is not specifically provided in the budget

without the prior approval of the sanctioning

authority.

This issues with the concurrence of Finance

Department vide U. O. No. 1400039200 dated

24-07-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Diwan N. Rane, Under Secretary (Higher

Education).

Porvorim, 9th August, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Home

Home—General Division

—

Notification

17/8/2011/HD(G)DSW/2316

The Government of Goa is hereby pleased

to frame the following scheme for granting

financial assistance to War Widows prior to

year 2000.

1. Short title and commencement.— This

scheme may be called the Goa Grant of

financial assistance to War Widows of the

Armed Forces of the Indian Union prior to year

2000, Scheme 2017. It shall come into force

from the date of its publication in the Official

Gazette.

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2. Definition.— In this Scheme, unless the

context otherwise requires—

(a) “Armed Forces of the Indian Unions”

means Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian

Air Force but does not include Defence Security

Corps, General Reserve Engineering Force,

Lok Sahayak Sena, Para Military Force and

Central Armed Police Force.

(b) “Government” means the Government

of Goa.

(c)

“Secretary”

means

Secretary,

Department of Sainik Welfare, Government

of Goa.

(d) “War Widows” means the legally

wedded wife of the Armed Forces Personnel

who was martyred during International Wars

the Nation has fought since Independence

upto 31 December, 1999.

3. Financial Assistance to War Widows prior

to year 2000.— The Government may provide

Financial Assistance to War Widows prior to

year 2000 as under.

(a) Rs. 5000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only)

per month for life to War Widows prior to year

2000 whose husband was martyred during

International Wars the Nation has fought since

Independence up to 31 December, 1999.

4. Eligibility for availing the Financial

assistance.— For availing the financial

assistance:—

(e) The person must be legally wedded wife

of the Armed Forces Personnel who was

martyred during the International Wars the

Nation has fought since Independence upto

31 December, 1999.

(f) The Person must be registered as widow

of the Armed Forces Personnel who was

martyred and issued with a Widow Identity

Card by the Secretary, Department of Sainik

Welfare, Government of Goa.

(g) The person must be of Goan origin or

born in Goa and domiciled in the State of Goa

for a minimum period of 15 years.

5. Procedure for claiming the Financial

Assistance under this Scheme.— The

application for financial assistance shall be

submitted to the Department of Sainik

Welfare, Government of Goa in a plain paper

along with the following documents,

namely:—

(a) Birth Certificate.

(b) Residence Certificate.

(d) Certificate of Service of the deceased.

(e) Battle casualty report.

(f) Death Certificate.

(g) Pension Payment Order/Pension Book.

6. Procedure for disbursement of the

Financial Assistance.— On receipt of the

application, the Department of Sainik Welfare

shall send the case to the Government

through Administrative Department for

consideration and approval. After obtaining

approval of the Government, the financial

assistance shall be paid through ECS and

credited into the Bank account of the

beneficiary on a monthly basis for life. The

beneficiary will be required to provide a life

certificate every year for continuation of the

financial assistance.

7. Budget Provision.— The Budget provision

in respect of this Scheme shall be made under

the Budget Head: Demand No. 63

2235—Social Security and Welfare;

60—Other Social Security & Welfare;

200—Other Programmes;

07—Financial assistance to War Widow

prior to January, 2000;

32—Contributions.

8. This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance Department Vide their U. O.

1400029843 dated 01-08-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Neetal P. Amonkar, Under Secretary

(Home).

Porvorim, 8th August, 2017.

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Department of Housing

—

Notification

2/12/2017/HSG

Government is pleased to introduce the

Scheme for Financial Assistance (Advance) to

Goa Housing Board as under.

1. Short title and commencement.— (i) The

Scheme may be called as “Financial

Assistance of an advance to Goa Housing

Board Scheme, 2017”, hereinafter referred in

as “Scheme”.

(ii) It shall come into force with immediate

effect.

2. Introduction to the scheme.— (i) Housing

is one of the basic requirements of human

survival. For a shelterless person, own house

provides significant economic and social

security and status in the society. Cost of

housing has gone very high in the State of Goa.

There are many SC/ST/OBC families who do

not have Pucca House and many others do not

have their own house. The Goa Housing Board

has been trying its best to provide affordable

houses to the Goan population. However, the

funds available with the Board are inadequate

to meet the vision of housing for all. Therefore,

there is need to extend financial support in

form of an advance to the Goa Housing Board,

to meet the objectives of “Housing for All”

initiative of the Government of Goa.

3. Objective of the scheme.— The objective

of the scheme is to provide financial assistance

in the form of an advance to the Goa Housing

Board so as to enable it to provide affordable

houses to the deserving population.

4. Definition of the scheme.— Under this

Scheme, unless the context, otherwise

requires,

(a) “Act” means the Goa Housing Board Act,

1968 (Act No. 12 of 1968).

(b) “Board” means the Goa Housing Board

established under section 3 of the Act;

of Goa;

(d) “Finance Department” means the Debt

Management Division of the Finance

Department of the Government.

5. Scope of this scheme.— The Government

shall provide Rs. 100 crores as an interest free

long term advance to the Board for all types of

Housing Schemes under the Goa Housing

Board Act, 1968 and those to be formulated

by the Government during the year 2017-2018

for specific purpose, inter alia,—

(i) running and replacing existing

housing schemes including its re-

development and re-planning and to make

them commercially viable;

(ii) future housing schemes in the land in

the possession of the Board or that identified

for the purpose by the Government, for

specific target groups including commercial

allotment;

(iii) creating a “land bank” with the Board

for future utilization to meet the objective of

“Housing for All” initiative;

(iv) Capital assets generation for use of

the Board to make them self reliant through

regular flow of revenue.

6. Term of loan.— (i) The advance shall be

for a term of seven years. The term of the

advance is to be calculated commencing from

the 1st day of April, of the succeeding financial

year, in which the advance was disbursed.

(ii) An initial moratorium period of two years

will be applicable from the date as indicated

in sub-clause (i) above.

(iii) The advance will be fully repaid from

the third year of its sanction, in quarterly

installments of 50% of the advance, as per the

disbursement done in a particular financial

year.

7. Drawing and Disbursing Authority.— (i)

On sanction of advance by the Government,

upon the request made by the Board, the

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Drawing and Disbursing Authority of the

Finance Department shall draw and disburse

the amount of loan to the Board, in the manner

to be decided by the Government.

(ii) The amount shall be drawn and

disbursed under Demand No. 32 from the

Budget Head 6216—Loans for Housing; 80—

General; 201—Loans to Housing Board; 01—

Loans to Housing Board (P); 55—Loans and

Advances.

8. Conditions of advance.— (1) The sanction

of advance is further subject to the following

terms and conditions:—

(a) The advance shall be utilized for the

purpose for which it is sanctioned and it

shall not be put to any other use. Failure to

do so, and in case of misutilising the amount

of advance or misappropriation of this

amount, including the interest amount

accrued on it, will invite disciplinary action

and/or criminal prosecution, on the

management of Goa Housing Board and its

officers.

(b) The Board shall not divert the advance

sanctioned for any other purpose.

be accounted separately and managed

through separate account for the scheme

in a Nationalized Bank. The advance can be

deposited in short terms Fixed Deposit, as

suitable, in EDC to earn interest and interest

so earned shall be accounted through same

separate account. The deposits with EDC

should be planned in such a manner which

will not hamper the financial and physical

progress of any housing projects under-

taken under this scheme.

(d) The Board shall submit an utilization-

-cum-progress report on quarterly basis on

each of the housing scheme to the Finance

Department.

(e) An Officer/authorized representative

of the Finance Department shall physically

check at least once in a financial year, the

work of the Board in so far as it relates to

the advance.

9. Removal of doubts.— Where a doubt

arises as to the interpretation of any of the

provisions of these scheme, the matter shall

be referred to the Finance Department.

10. Power for relaxation.— Government

reserves the right to relax any of or all the

condition of the scheme.

11. This scheme has been issued with the

concurrence of Finance Debt Management

Division vide their U. O. No. 141040636 dated

06-07-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Anthony D. Souza, Joint Secretary

(Housing).

Porvorim, 9th August, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Labour

Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers

—

Order

I/11/(5)/IFB/2017/1805

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed for revision of existing fees charged

for imparting training by Inspectorate of

Factories and Boilers, Altinho, Panaji from

Rs. 300/- per day per participant to Rs. 500/-

per day per participant with immediate

effect.

This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance Department vide U.O. No. 1400039265

dated 03-08-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Vivek P. Marathe, Chief Inspector & ex officio

Joint Secretary (Factories & Boilers).

Panaji, 8th August, 2017.

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Department of Transport

Directorate of Transport

—

Notification

D.Tpt/EST/1727/PFI/2016/2431

The Notification bearing No. G.S.R. 424(E)

dated 01-05-2017, issued by the Ministry of

Road Transport and Highways, Government

of India, published in the Gazette of India,

Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section

(i) dated 01-05-2017 is hereby re-published for

the general information of the public.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Nikhil Desai, Director & ex officio Additional

Secretary (Transport).

Panaji, 9th August, 2017.

————

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND

HIGHWAYS

Notification

New Delhi, the 1st May, 2017

G.S.R. 424(E).— Whereas, the draft rules

further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles

Rules, 1989 were published, as required under

sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Motor

Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification

of the Government of India in the Ministry of

Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R.

479(E), dated the 3rd May, 2016, in the Gazette

of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section (3),

Sub-section (i), inviting objections and

suggestions from all persons likely to be

affected thereby before the expiry of the period

of thirty days from the date on which copies

of the Gazette containing the said notification

were made available to the public;

And whereas copies of the said Gazette

notification were made available to the public

on the 3rd May, 2016;

And whereas, the objections and

suggestions received from the public in

respect of the said draft rules have been

considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers

conferred by clause (f) of sub-section (1)

Section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

(59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby

makes the following rules further to amend

the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989,

namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central

Motor Vehicles (Sixth Amendment) Rules,

2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989,

in rule 118, in sub-rule (1), in the first proviso,

clause (iv) shall be omitted.

[F. No. RT-11017/13/2005-MVL]

ABHAY DAMLE, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the

Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part Il, Section 3,

Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R 590(E) dated the 2nd June,

1989 and last amended vide number G.S.R. 271(E)

dated the 21-03-2017.

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