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Panaji, 14th September, 2017 (Bhadra 23, 1939)
SERIES I No. 24
Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Agriculture
Directorate of Agriculture
Notification
3/CIN/Crops/Sug.Support Price/20/2017-18/
/D.Agri/470
Read: Notification No. 3/3/Hort/AP/2/2012-
-13/D.Agri/475 dated 21-03-2013.
The words at (4) Pattern of Assistance (v)
Pattern of Assistance for Sugarcane “be paid
by Department of Agriculture directly to the
farmers” shall be replaced by “also be paid
by Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana Ltd.,
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]
from the Grants-in-Aid kept in their custody
by the Government. Both the price announced
by Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana Ltd.,
and balance Government share totalling
to full Assured Price for Sugarcane shall be
paid together to the Sugarcane Cultivators”.
This issues with the concurrence of the
Finance Department under their U. O. No.
1400031840 dated 09-08-2017.
By order and in the name of Governor
of Goa.
Ulhas B. Pai Kakode, Director & ex officio Jt.
Secretary (Agriculture).
Caranzalem, 21st August, 2017.
Department
Notification/Addendum
Subject
Pages
1.a. Agriculture
Not.- 3/CIN/Crops/Sug.
Amendment of Notification dated 21-3-2017.
1339
Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secretary Support Price/20/2017-18/
/D.Agri/470
b. —do—
Addm.- 3/CIN/Crops/50/Prom.
Addendum.
1340
Tech.in Food Grain Crops/
/2017-18/D.Agri/489
2. Civil Supplies and Consumer Not.- DCS/ENF/NFSA-
Draft Rules— Goa Food Security (Grievance
1340
Affairs
-GRM Rules/17-18
Redressal Mechanism, Transparency and
Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secretary
Accountability) Rules, 2017.
3. Co-operation
Add.- 1-30-2013-14/PLG/
Continuation of Scheme.
1344
Registrar & ex officio Jt. Secy.
/RCS/156/2305
4. Finance
Not.- 2/6/2013-FIN(DMU)/
Amendment of CMRY Scheme.
1345
Additional Secretary
/686
5. Industries
Not.- 3/40/2003-IND(Part)
Extension of Validity of Scheme.
1347
Under Secretary
(Vol. I)/227
6. Information and Publicity
Not.- DI/INF/Jour-Wel-
Goa State Working Journalist Welfare Scheme
1348
Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secretary
-Fund(7)/2002/2218
(Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2017.
INDEX
There is one Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 23 dated 7-9-2017 namely, Extraordinary dated
12-9-2017 from pages 1335 to 1338 from Department of Law & Judiciary, Not. No. 7/21/2017-LA regarding the Goa Town
& Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2017 (b) The Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, 2017 Not. No. 7/15/
/2017-LA (c) The Goa Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2017 Not. No. 7/14/2017-LA (d) The Goa Panchayat Raj
(Amendment) Act, 2017 Not. No. 7/7/2017-LA.
NOTE
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Addendum
3/CIN/Crops/50/Prom.Tech.in Food Grain
Crops/2017-18/D.Agri/489
Read: Notification No. 3/4/Agron/PPG/3-2(4)/
2013-14/D.Agri.
The word “only” before the words “groups/
/individuals at 4. Eligibility, Para IV shall be
deleted and the words “Institutions/Societies
with agriculture development as mandate”
shall be added after words “groups/
/individuals” followed by “,” at 4. Eligibility,
Para IV.
This issues with the concurrence of the
Finance Department under their U. O. No.
1400039130 dated 09-08-2017.
By order and in the name of Governor
of Goa.
Ulhas B. Pai Kakode, Director & ex officio Jt.
Secretary (Agriculture).
Caranzalem, 4th September, 2017.
———ttt———
Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer
Affairs
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Notification
DCS/ENF/NFSA-GRM Rules/17-18
GOA GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM,
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
RULES, 2017
The following draft rules which the
Government of Goa proposes to make in
exercise of the powers conferred by section
40 of the National Food Security Act, 2013
(Central Act 20 of 2013)(hereinafter referred
to as the “said Act”) are hereby pre-published
as required by the sub-section (1) of section
40 of the said Act for the information of all
persons likely to be affected thereby and
notice is hereby given that the said rules
shall be taken into consideration by the
Government after the expiry of a period of 30
days from the date of publication of this
notification in the Official Gazette.
All objections and suggestions to the said
draft rules may be forwarded to the Director
of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, 2nd
floor, 1st lift, Junta house, Panaji-Goa before
the expiry of the said period of 30 days so that
they may be taken into consideration at the
time of finalization of the said rules.
DRAFT RULES
1. Short title and commencement.— (1)
These rules may be called the Goa Food
Security (Grievance Redressal Mechanism,
Transparency and Accountability) Rules,
2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of
their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the
context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the National Food
Security Act, 2013 (Central Act 20 of
2013);
(b) “Appellant” means a party which
makes an appeal against the order of the
District Grievance Redressal Officer;
(c) “Civil Supplies Department” means
the Department of Civil Supplies and
Consumer Affairs of the Government of Goa;
(d) “Commission” means the Goa Food
Commission designated as such under
section 18 of the Act;
(e) “Complaint” means a representation
in writing or through electronic means
containing a grievance alleging deficiency/
/shortcomings in the implementation of
the Act;
(f)“Chairperson” means the Chairperson
of the Commission;
(g) “member” means a member of the
Commission;
(h) “Member-secretary” means a
member-secretary of the Commission;
(i) “Official Gazette” means the Official
Gazette of the Government;
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(2) Words and expressions used in these
rules and not defined but defined in the Act
shall have the same meaning as assigned to
them in the Act.
3. Internal Grievance Redressal Mecha-
nism.— (1) For the purpose of redressing
grievances, as part of internal grievance
redressal mechanism under section 14 of the
Act, the Joint Mamlatdars in-charge of the Civil
Supplies and Consumer Affairs in each Taluka
shall act as Nodal Officers at taluka level.
(2) Any person or Institution may lodge a
complaint with concerned Nodal Officer at his
office in writing or through toll free helpline
numbers 1967, 18002330021 or PDS portal
www.goacivilsupplies.gov.in. Every complaint
so received shall be assigned an unique
complaint number with date and such
number shall be informed to the complainant.
(3) After verification of the allegation made
in the complaint the Nodal Officer shall take
necessary steps and dispose of the complaint
within 30 days from the date of receipt thereof.
4. District Grievance Redressal Officer.— (1)
The Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional
Magistrate of the respective District shall be
designated as the District Grievance Redressal
Officer under section 15 of the Act.
(2) The Government shall, immediately upon
designation of District Grievance Redressal
Officers give wide publicity through atleast two
local newspapers and other means about
District Grievance Redressal Officers including
name, address, telephone number, e-mail
address, facsimile number and other means
of contacting him, in respect of each district
for which the District Grievance Redressal
Officer has been designated and thereafter
republish the same at regular intervals:
Provided that any change in the designation
of the District Grievance Redressal Officer, his
address and telephone number, e-mail
address, and other means of contacting him,
shall be also intimated to the public by
following the aforesaid mode of publication.
(3) The details about the name of the District
Grievance Redressal Officers, their addresses
and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and
other means of contacting them shall be
displayed at a conspicuous place in every
office of Civil Supplies Department, fair price
shop, school, anganwadi, other public place,
website and at the office of the Grievance
Redressal Officer and the Commission.
5. Procedure for registering complaints.—
(1) Any aggrieved person may lodge his
complaint with the District Grievance
Redressal Officer in writing or through e-mail
or by dropping his written grievance in
grievance box at the office of District Grievance
Redressal Officer, fair price shop, and other
public place such as school, anganwadi, etc.
(2) The complaint boxes shall be opened at
4:00 p.m. everyday to retrieve the complaints
and immediate action shall be taken for their
redressal.
(3) Complaint shall be specific and with
other details including address and contact
number of the complainant, no anonymous
complaint shall be entertained.
(4) Where a complainant is unable to make
a complaint in writing, the District Grievance
Redressal Officer shall render all reasonable
assistance to him for reducing his complaint
in writing.
(5) All complaints shall be assigned unique
complaint number with date and such number
shall be informed to the complainant.
6. Procedure for disposal of complaints.—
(1) Upon receipt of a complaint, the District
Grievance Redressal Officer shall verify
whether there is a prima-face substance in the
complaint to proceed in the matter.
(2) If the District Grievance Redressal
Officer is satisfied, that there is prima-face
substance in the complaint, he shall seek
explanation in the matter from concerned
officer or person or agency against whom
complaint has been made, along with relevant
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documents. The requisite explanation and
documents shall be furnished by the
concerned officer or person or agency against
whom complaint has been made to the District
Grievance Redressal Officer, within fifteen
days.
(3) If upon assessing the explanation and
the available documents, the District
Grievance Redressal Officer is satisfied about
the veracity of the grievance, he shall issue
necessary order for its redressal within thirty
days from the date of receipt of the complaint.
District Grievance Redressal Officer shall
dismiss the complaint, incase no merit is
found.
(4) If the District Grievance Redresssal
Officer feels that the matter needs to be
further examined, he may,—
(i)get the matter enquired by any officer
of the Government at the District level and
decide on the basis of report so received,
within 45 days from the date of receipt of
the complaint, or
(ii) if he considers necessary, give an
opportunity to the complainant and officer/
/person/agency concerned to present their
case on a fixed date and after having heard
them and taking into consideration the
evidence submitted, decide the matter
within 45 days from the date of receipt of
the complaint.
(5) On the date fixed for hearing, if the
complainant is absent, the District Grievance
Redressal Officer may dismiss the complaint
or decide the matter ex-parte. If, however, the
officer/person/agency concerned, called by
the District Grievance Redressal Officer is
absent on the date fixed by him, he may decide
the matter ex-parte.
(6) The complainant shall be informed
of the decision on his complaint in writing
or through electronic mode, with a
system for confirmation of its receipt by
complainant.
(7) If the District Grievance Redressal
Officer is of the opinion that the disposal of the
complaint requires more time than prescribed
under sub-rules (3) and (4) above, the
complainant shall be sent an interim order
citing the reasons for delay.
7. Powers of District Grievance Redressal
Officer.— The District Grievance Redressal
Officer, while enquiring into complaint, shall
have power to require any concerned official/
/person/agency,—
(a) to produce before him such books,
accounts, documents or any other material in
his custody or under his control as may be
specified in the requisition;
(b) to furnish such information as may be
required.
8. Monitoring the disposal of complaints.—
Disposal of complaints shall be monitored by
the Secretary in charge of the Department of
Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs of the
Government, at least once in every quarter.
9. Appeal.— A complainant or the officer or
person or agency who is aggrieved by the
order passed by the District Grievance
Redressal Officer, may file an appeal before
the Commission, within thirty days from the
date of issuance of the order by the District
Grievance Redressal Officer.
10. Periodical Reports.— District Grievance
Redressal Officer shall send a monthly report
on complaints received and disposed of by him
to the Director of Civil Supplies and Consumer
Affairs by 15th day of the succeeding month.
The Government shall send a quarterly
consolidated report for the State as a whole
to the Department of Food and Public
Distribution, Government of India, within
thirty days after the quarter is over.
11. Meetings of the Commission.— The
meetings of the commission shall be convened
by the Member Secretary, on the directions of
the Chairperson, as per the requirement of
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work, but at least once in six months. The
Commission shall formulate its own procedure
for holding such meetings.
12. Review and Monitoring.— For review
and monitoring of implementation of the Act,
the Commission shall hold regular meetings
with the officers of the Department of Civil
Supplies and Consumer Affairs, other
concerned agencies of the Government,
reputed NGO and member of the civil society,
and give its advice to the Government for
effective implementation of the Act.
13. Procedure for filing of complaint or
appeal.— (1) A complaint regarding violation
of entitlements under the Act and appeal
against the order of the District Grievance
Redressal Officer shall be presented by the
complainant or appellant to the Commission
in person or by registered post or by an
electronic mode, addressed to the Member-
Secretary of the Commission.
(2) An appeal against the order of the
District Grievance Redressal Officer shall be
filed before the Commission within a period
of thirty days from the date of issuance of
such order.
(3) Every appeal shall be accompanied by
the certified copy of the order of the District
Grievance Redressal Officer and such
documents as may be required to support
grounds of appeal.
(4) Every complaint or appeal shall be
specific and with other details including
addresses and contact number of the
complainant. No anonymous complaint shall
be entertained.
14. Procedure for Disposal of complaint and
appeal by the Commission.— (1) The
Commission shall, on receipt of a complaint
seek a report on it from the District Grievance
Redressal Officer, along with supporting
documents who shall be required to furnish it
within fifteen days from the date on which
such report is sought.
(2) Taking into consideration the report of
the District Grievance Redressal Officer, and
the available documents, the Commission shall
issue appropriate orders within fifteen days
from the date of receipt of the report of the
District Grievance Redressal Officer.
(3) In case of an appeal against the order of
the District Grievance Redressal Officer, the
Commission shall give an opportunity to the
District Grievance Redressal Officer and the
appellant to present their case in person on a
fixed date, time and place and after having
heard them and taking into consideration the
evidence submitted by them, decide the
appeal within thirty days from the date of
receipt of appeal.
(4) On the date fixed for hearing, it shall be
obligatory for the District Grievance Redressal
Officer and the appellant to appear before the
Commission, and in case of failure to do so,
the Commission may in its discretion either
dismiss the case or proceed to enquire the
matter ex-parte and decide the appeal within
a period of thirty days from the date of receipt
of appeal.
(5) The order of the Commission shall be
authenticated by the Member-Secretary or
any other officers of the Commission duly
authorized by the Commission in that behalf.
(6) The Commission shall arrange to deliver
copy of the decision to the concerned parties
within a period of fifteen days from the date of
such decision.
(7) If the Commission is of the opinion that
the disposal of the appeal requires more than
thirty days, the appellant shall be sent an
interim order citing the reasons for delay.
15. Maintenance of records.— The
Commission shall maintain all the records of
the complaints and appeals and records
related to their disposal.
16. Vigilance Committees.— (1) The
Vigilance Committee(s) shall comprise as
under:—
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(I) At State Level.— The State Consumer
Protection Council constituted under sub-
-section (1) of section 7 of the Consumer
Protection Act, 1986 (Central Act of 68 of
1986) shall also function as the State Level
Vigilance Committee under sub-section (1)
of section 29 of the Act:
Provided that whenever such Council
meets, to discuss the complaints/
/grievances or undertakes a review of the
implementation of the Act, it shall invite all
the members of the Parliament as special
invitees to the State Level Vigilance
Committee meetings.
(II) At District Level.— The District
Consumer Protection Council constituted
under section 8/A of the Consumer
Protection Act, 1986 (Central Act 68 of 1986)
shall function as the District Vigilance
Committee under sub-section (1) of section
29 of the Act.
(III) At Taluka Level.— The Nodal
Grievance Redressal Officer shall be the
Chairperson of the Taluka Level Vigilance
Committee and there shall be minimum 5
consisting 2 elected Representatives from
local body, 1 women member, 1 member
from SC community and 1 member from ST
community as provided under sub-section
(1) of section 29 of the Act:
(IV) At Fair Price Shop Level.— The
Sarpanch/Chairperson of the local body i.e.
Panchayat or Municipality shall be the
Chairman of the Fair Price Shop Level
Vigilance Committee and there shall be
minimum 3 (three) members which shall
consist of 1 elected representative of the
local body, 1 women member and 1 member
of SC/ST community within whose
jurisdiction the Fair Price Shop is located.
(2) The State Level and District Level
Vigilance Committees shall meet at least
twice in a year or more as decided by the
Chairperson.
(3) The Vigilance Committees at Taluka and
Fair Price Shop Level shall meet at least once
every quarter.
(4) The date of the meeting shall be fixed by
the Chairperson. The action taken on issues
discussed in the meeting of Vigilance
Committees shall be reviewed in the next
meeting.
(5) A statement on number of meetings held
during the financial year i.e up to 31st March
may be sent to the Director of Civil Supplies
and Consumer Affairs, Panaji-Goa, within a
week after the end of financial year.
(6) The Taluka and Fair Price Shop Level
Vigilance Committees may also, in cases
where it finds a matter to be of utmost
importance, send the information to the
District Grievance Redressal Officer.
17. Social Audit.— The Social Audits of the
Fair Price Shops shall be conducted every
year by the concerned local body.
18. Keeping records in public domain.— All
the matters as far as possible, related to Public
Distribution System shall be placed on the
website of the Department of Civil Supplies
and Consumer Affairs for general information
and awareness of the public.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Mahesh V. Corjuenkar, Director & ex officio
Joint Secretary (Civil Supplies & Consumer
Affairs).
Panaji, 8th September, 2017.
———ttt———
Department of Co-operation
Office of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies
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Addendum
1-30-2013-14/PLG/RCS/156/2305
Read: (1)Notification No. 1-30-2013-14/PLG/
/RCS/709 dated 11-10-2013 published
in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 29
dated 17-10-2013.
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(2)Addendum No. 1-30-2013-14/PLG/
/RCS/122 dated 17-6-2016 published
in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 26
dated 29-9-2016.
Approval of the Government is hereby
conveyed to continue the scheme called
“Financial Incentives to the Primary
Agricultural
Credit/Consumer/Taluka
Farmers/Processing and Marketing Co-
-operative Societies for their development/
/smooth functioning of business and other
allied activities” for further period of two years
i.e. up to 31-3-2020.
This has been issued with the concurrence
of Finance (Expenditure) Department vide
their U. O. No. 1479203 dated 21-8-2017.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Gurudas P. Pilarnekar, Registrar & ex officio
Joint Secretary (Co-operative Societies).
Panaji, 6th September, 2017.
———ttt———
Department of Finance
Debt Management Division
—
Notification
2/6/2013-FIN(DMU)/686
Read: (i) Notification No. 2/6/2013-FIN(DMU)
dated 19-9-2014 published in the
Official Gazette, Series I No. 26 dated
25-9-2014.
(ii) Notification No. 2/6/2013-Fin(DMU)
dated 15-1-2016 published in the
Official Gazette, Series I No. 43 dated
21-1-2016.
(iii)Notification No. 2/6/2013-FIN(DMU)
dated 21-6-2016 published in the
Official Gazette, Series I No. 13 dated
30-6-2016.
In partial modification to the above read
Notifications, Government of Goa, further
amends the “Chief Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
(CMRY)” (hereinafter referred to as the
“Scheme”) read above as follows:—
1. In clause (1) of the scheme, sub-clause
(a), (c) and (d) shall be substituted by the
following.—
(i) “(a) Age: For all educated unemployed
18 to 45 years in general; relaxable by 5
years in case of widow, disabled person,
scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other
backward class person.”;
(ii) “(c) Family Income: The income of the
beneficiary along with spouse and
dependents, and children of minor age, shall
not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/- p.a.”;
(iii) “(d) Residence Proof: Permanent
resident of the area for at least 15 years.
Documents required–Residential Certificate
or School Leaving Certificate or passing
Certificate from Goa Board/Goa University
or any document to the satisfaction of the
sanctioning authority.
Those who do not fulfill the domicile
condition, but are married to a person of Goan
origin, and whose spouse is a resident of Goa
for atleast 15 years, shall also be eligible for
assistance, provided he/she is settled in Goa
for a minimum period of one year.”.
2. In clause (3) of the scheme, sub-clause
(g) and (h) shall be substituted by the
following.—
(i) “(g) Collateral.— (1) Loans upto Rs. 2.00
lakh: Personal guarantee by the applicant and
spouse, as a Confirming Party, in case of
married person and of parent/relative, in case
of unmarried person, to be provided for loan
amount upto Rs. 2.00 lakh; and also for non
transport loans, where minimum 75% (50% in
case of SC/ST applicant) of the loan amount is
secured by way of hypothecation/mortgage
of the fixed assets being financed.
(2) Loans above Rs. 2.00 lakh and upto
Rs. 6.00 lakh: For loans up to Rs. 6.00 lakh, the
applicant has to provide third party personal
guarantee of one or more guarantors
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depending upon the loan amount in addition
to the guarantee of the spouse in case of
married person and of parent/relative in case
of unmarried person. Such a guarantor could
be one of the following:
(a) A person owning an unencumbered
immovable property in Goa, the value of
which should commensurate to the loan
amount.
(b) An employee of the Government of
Goa/Corporations of Government of Goa/
/Autonomous Body/Government Aided
and other Institutions controlled by the
Government of Goa.
(c) An employee of Companies of repute
to the satisfaction of the TFC provided they
are regular employees working for more
than 10 years.
(d) A person with taxable income of
minimum Rs. 5.00 lakh for preceding 3
years, with take-home salary commen-
surate to the EMI of the loan.
(3) Loan above Rs. 6.00 lakh: Notarised copy
of ownership documents of the unencum-
bered immovable property owned by the
guarantor/s, commensurate to the loan
amount to be provided.
The guarantor should not be a defaulter with
any financial institution/bank”;
(ii) “(h) Loans up to Rs. 1.00 lakh: The Task
Force Committee could consider proposals
upto Rs. 1.00 lakh depending upon genuine-
ness of the applicant and the project, based
on an affidavit of self declaration of having
obtained/in the process of obtaining all
clearances from competent authorities, as
applicable to their proposed venture:
(1) The General Manager (MFD/Sanctions
& Disbursements), EDC Ltd., is authorized to
sanction proposals of loans upto Rs. 2.00 lakh
and vehicle loans upto Rs. 6.00 lakh, with the
approval of Managing Director, EDC Ltd. The
said proposals shall subsequently be
submitted to the TFC for ratification, at the
meeting
immediately
following
such
sanctions.”.
3. Clause (4) of the scheme, shall be
substituted by the following.—
“(4) Repayment Schedule: Maximum 10
years (including moratorium of maximum 1
year) in monthly installments. In case of
loans against vehicles, and certain other
activities involving assets having shorter
life span the maximum repayment may be
restricted to 5 years for loan upto Rs. 5.00
lakh and 7 years for loan above Rs. 5.00 lakh.
(The repayment period in case of SC/ST
applicant could be extended upto 20 years,
based on nature of activity, strictly on the
approval of the CMRY Appraisal Committee/
/Task Force Committee).”.
4. Clause (5) of the scheme, shall be
substituted by the following.—
“(5) Group Activity/Self Help Groups:
More than one person (not exceeding five)
joining together to form a partnership, LLP
will also be eligible for the assistance,
subject to maximum of Rs. 25.00 lakh, with
the approval of TFC and above Rs. 25.00 lakh
to Rs. 75.00 lakh with prior approval of the
Government. The amount of assistance in
this case shall be multiples of individual
eligible amount under the Scheme, of
respective partners.
Self Help Groups (SHGs) will also be eligible
for loan assistance under the Scheme. The loan
amount in such cases may extend upto
Rs. 75.00 lakh depending upon the type of
business activity to be undertaken. However,
prior approval of the Government will be
required for loan amount exceeding Rs. 25.00
lakh. Further, if and only if, all the Members of
the Self Help Group belong to a particular
category, viz. SC or ST or disabled or OBC or
women; then the SHG will be eligible for
additional benefits under the scheme as
eligible for an individual belonging to the said
category.”.
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5. Clause (9) of the scheme, shall be
substituted by the following.—
“(9) Subsidy: An amount equal to 20% of
the equated monthly installments (EMIs)
(which corresponds to approximately 25%
of the principal component of the EMIs) paid
towards Capital investment, within the due
date, on the EDC term loan and share capital
under *DITC Scheme, shall be credited to
the loan account of the beneficiary, as
subsidy, on receipt of the amount from the
Government under “Goa State 25% Subsidy
For Self Employed–2015”, subject to fulfilling
terms and conditions for availing the said
subsidy and subject to the continuation of
the Scheme by the Government of Goa.
Subsidy shall be available only on fixed
Capital investment and shall not be paid on
working capital investment and on the
defaulted EMIs. Subsidy can be resumed on
payment of defaulted EMIs but only for the
balance amount or for fresh EMI.”.
6. “Clause (10) of the scheme, shall be
omitted.
7. Clause (12) of the Scheme, shall be
substituted by the following.—
“12 Task Force Committee: A Task Force
Committee (TFC) comprising of the
following will scrutinize applications under
the Scheme:
1. Vice Chairman of EDC or any other Chairman of
Director of EDC, as approved by
TFC
the Government
2. Representative of Directorate of
Member
Industries, Trade & Commerce
3. Representative of Finance
Member
Department
(not below the rank of Under
Secretary)
4. Director, EDC Board
Member
5. Government Nominee
Member.”.
8. Clause (13) of the Scheme, shall be
substituted by the following.—
“13 Appraisal Committee: A 4-member
Appraisal Committee comprising of the
following will appraise applications prior to
scrutiny by the Task Force Committee:
1. Additional Secretary, Finance (DMU) or
his/her representative to be deputed by the
Finance Secretary.
2. General Manager (MFD), EDC Ltd.
3. General Manger (DITC) or his represen-
tative.
4. A Professional in the field (Ex-Banker/
/Technical person).”.
This notification shall be deemed to have
come into effect from the date of its issue.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Michael M. D’Souza, Additional Secretary
(Finance).
Porvorim, 1st September, 2017.
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Department of Industries
—
Notification
3/40/2003-IND(Part)(Vol.I)/227
Read: (1) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Preferential Purchase Incen-
tives for Micro and Small Enterprises
Scheme, 2008.”
(2) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Goa State Export Market
Development Scheme, 2008.”
(3) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Capital Contribution Scheme,
2008.”
(4) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Interest Subsidy Scheme,
2008.”
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(5) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Incentives to Encourage
Consumption of Local Raw Material
Scheme, 2008.”
(6) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Goa State Employment Sub-
sidy Scheme for the Industries,
2008.”
(7) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Incentives to Women Entre-
preneurs Scheme, 2008.”
(8) Notification No. 3/40/2003-IND (Part)
dated 31st December, 2008 regar-
ding “Goa State Financial Incentives
to the Industries for Certification and
Patenting Scheme, 2008”.
The above Notifications have been published
in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 42 dated
15th January, 2009.
The validity period of the above cited
Notifications is extended up to 31st March,
2018.
This issues with the concurrence of the
Finance (Exp.) Department vide their U. O. No.
1400038591 dated 25-7-2017.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Georgina Saldanha, Under Secretary
(Industries).
Porvorim, 1st September, 2017.
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Department of Information and Publicity
—
Notification
DI/INF/Jour-Wel-Fund(7)/2002/2218
In exercise of the powers conferred by the
Goa State Working Journalist Welfare Scheme
Rules, 2002 and all other enabling powers
under it, the Government of Goa hereby makes
the following rules to amend the Goa State
Working Journalist Welfare Scheme Rules,
2002, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (i)
These rules may be called the Goa State
Working Journalist Welfare Scheme (Fourth
Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(ii) They shall come into force from the date
of publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of Rule V.— In rule V of the
Goa State Working Journalist Welfare Scheme
Rules, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the
“Principal Rules”), the clause (b) of sub-rule
(2) shall be deleted.
3. In the Principal Rules, in Rule VI, the
clause (2) shall be deleted.
4. In the Principal Rules, the Rule VIII shall
be deleted.
5. In the Principal Rule XII, the words and
figures “Rs. 6000/- p.m.” shall be substituted
as “Rs. 7500/- p.m.” (Rupees seven thousand
and five hundred only) per month.
6. In the Principal Rules, for Rule “XVIII”,
the following shall be substituted:—
“XVIII” Family Welfare.
“50% of the pension of the Journalist to
the family”.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
T. S. Sawant, Director & ex officio Joint
Secretary (Information & Publicity).
Panaji, 4th September, 2017.
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