Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Panaji, 12th October, 2017 (Asvina 20, 1939) SERIES I No. 28 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NOTE
There are two Extraordinary issues to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 27 dated 5-10-2017 as follows:–
(1) Extraordinary dated 6-10-2017 from pages 1417 to 1420 from Department of Finance, Debt Management Division (a) Notification No. 5-4-2017-Fin(DMU) regarding Market Borrowing Programme (b) Revenue & Control Division Not. No. 1-4-9-2017-18/DSSL/Part/3496 regarding the Monthly Lottery Scheme (c) Not. No. 1-49-2017-18/DSSL/Part/3497 regarding Weekly Lottery Scheme.
(2) Extraordinary No. 2 dated 10-10-2017 from pages 1421 to 1422 from Department of Finance, Revenue & Control Division, Not. No. 38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(19) regarding the Goa Goods and Services Tax (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2017.
INDEX
Department Notification/Order Subject Pages
1. Forest Not.- 2-190(1)2017-18-FD/ The Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment) 1423 Under Secretary /FOR/Part/397 Act, 2017.
2. Industries Not.- 3/10/2017-IND/268 The Goa State Incentives to Encourage 1423 Under Secretary
Investments Scheme, 2017.
3. Mines Not.- DMG/SCHEME/ Extension of validity of Debt Relief Scheme. 1431 Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy. /LOAN/PART-III/2298
4. Social Welfare Not.- 61-22-2017-BC-DSW Atal Asra Yojana Scheme for SC/OBC 1431 Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy. Communities.
5. Town & Country Planning Ord.- Secy/TCP/37/2017/3159 Creation of posts.
Secretary
1435
6. Urban Development Not.- 14/DMA/TAX/2005- Extension of validity of Scheme. 1436 Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy. -2006/Accts-17/Part-I/1913
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Forest
Notification
2-190(1)2017-18-FD/FOR/Part/397
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Goa Act 19 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the "said Act"), the Government of Goa hereby appoints the 16th day of October, 2017, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Shaila G. Bhonsle, Under Secretary (Forests).
Porvorim, 12th October, 2017.
Department of Industries __
Notification
3/10/2017-IND/268
Sub.:- The Goa State Incentives to Encourage
Investments Scheme, 2017.
The Government of Goa is pleased to frame the "The Goa State Incentives to Encourage Investments Scheme, 2017" to be called as the 'Umbrella Scheme' to provide for financial assistance to the enterprises in the State of Goa.
1. Short title and commencement.— 1.1 The scheme shall be called as "The Goa State Incentives to Encourage Investments Scheme, 2017".
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 20171.2 This scheme shall be the Umbrella Scheme, under which separate target schemes for specific incentives shall be notified separately.
1.3 This scheme shall come into force with effect from 01-10-2017. However benefits under the old schemes may be extended and considered to the eligible applicants, subject to application in that regard is submitted to the Directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce on or before 31-12-2017. No application under the old scheme shall be considered w.e.f. 01-01-2018.
1.4 The applications and benefits applicable under the old schemes shall be governed, processed and disbursed as specified in this scheme and under Schedule 'B'.
1.5 The duration of this scheme shall be for a period of five years unless extended. However, benefits under the separate target schemes shall continue for period as approved and the Umbrella Scheme shall be operational for the purpose of implementing the target schemes.
1.6 Gover nment reser ves the right to foreclose this scheme or any of the target schemes, before expiry of the validity of this scheme with a six month notice.
2. Aims and Objectives.— 2.1 To create sustainable employment for the people of Goa.
2.2 To support environmentally sustaina- ble industrial development while accelerating investment in the State.
2.3 To make the existing industry in Goa
competitive.
2.4 To extend the benefits of the Invest- ment Policy schemes to beneficiaries in a time bound manner.
3. General Clauses.— 3.1 These general clauses shall form part of each target scheme to be notified. Unless specifically indicated in individual target schemes, all conditions defined in this Umbrella Scheme shall apply.
(I) Eligibility Criteria.— (a) All new and existing units shall submit any of the following documents as applicable, to be eligible for incentives under this scheme:—
(i) Udyog Adhar Memorandum;
(ii) Permanent Registration Certificate issued by the Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce;
(iii) Entrepreneurs Memorandum – II.
(b) All the target schemes shall be applicable to manufacturing units classified under Micro and Small sector. However, units classified as Medium and Large manufactu- ring units and service units shall be eligible only if specified and included for receiving benefits under the respective target scheme.
(c) The following classes of enterprises shall be eligible unless otherwise specified in the target scheme:
(i) All Units going into production on or
after 1-10-2017;
(ii) All units which have gone into production on or after 1-10-2007 but not availed of any of the benefit under the old schemes specified under Schedule B.
(iii) Any unit which has gone into production on or after 1-10-2007 but not completely exhauted benefits of the old schemes are eligible for continuing benefit to the extent as specified in this scheme.
(iv) Any unit which has star ted production after 1-10-2007 and has availed benefit under old schemes mentioned under Schedule B and has carried out substantial expansion, shall be eligible to avail benefits under the target schemes provided that the expansion is carried out during the validity period of this scheme.
Note 1: Substantial Expansion is defined as cumulative investment done in the unit from 1-10-2017 till the date of application, provided the same is at least 25% of the cumulative gross investment at original value as on 30-09-2017.
(II) Financial Benefit under the scheme(s).— (a) Maximum cumulative financial benefit under schemes to all industries shall be as under unless specifically indicated in target schemes:
(i) For units defined under clause (c) i and (c) ii of eligibility criteria, 50% (70% in OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 case of lesser developed talukas) of the Cumulative Capital Investment at original value in the unit.
(ii) Maximum 10% additional benefit to
all women and SC/ST entrepreneurs.
(iii) For units defined under clause (c) iii of eligibility criteria, benefits shall be as specified in Schedule C and Schedule D.
(iv) For units defined under clause (c) iv of eligibility criteria, 50% (70% in case of lesser developed talukas) of the Substantial Expansion at original value in the unit.
(v) The projects of Hinterland Eco-tourism in lesser developed talukas will be eligible for benefits under the target schemes of, "Interest Subsidy Scheme" and "Employ- ment Subsidy Scheme" subject to conditions mentioned in those schemes.
Note 1: For the purpose of calculating Cumulative Capital Investment at original value in the unit, in case there is a difficulty in submitting documents supporting investments, a certificate from a Chartered Accountant certifying the investment shall be obtained from the applicant.
For the purpose of verifying substantial expansion, a certificate from a Chartered Accountant certifying the investment and expansion shall be submitted by the applicant.
Note 2: For the purpose of this scheme the following will be considered as lesser developed talukas: Pernem, Satari, Bicholim, Sanguem, Quepem, Canacona and Dharbandoda.
(III) Task Force Committee.— (a) There shall be a Task Force Committee for the purpose scrutiny of applications and recommendation of the benefits under target schemes, consisting of the following common members:—
(i) Chief Executive Officer, Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board, as the Chairman.
(ii) General Manager (DIC) of Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce as the Member Secretary.
(iii) Under Secretary (Finance/Expen- diture), or his representative, as a Member.
(iv) One person to be nominated by the Government upon recommendation by Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as a Member.
(v) One person to be nominated by the Government upon recommendation by Goa State Industries Association, as a Member.
(vi) One nominee of the Government with experience in accounts or a Char tered Accountant/Company Secretar y, as a Member.
(b) Apart from the members mentioned above, which shall consist the Task Force Committee under this scheme; more members may be appointed as per requirement under target schemes and will be reflected in the specific target scheme.
(c) The quorum for the Task Force Committee meeting shall be minimum three members where attendance of members at Sr. No. i and ii above shall be compulsory.
4. Procedure of Application.— 4.1 All units eligible under the target schemes should apply to the Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce (DITC) giving details as per the prescribed proforma for each target scheme.
4.2 The applications shall be filed as per the
timeline mentioned in Schedule A.
4.3 The applications for each target scheme shall be accepted and placed before the Task Force Committee only during the time period as specified in Schedule A.
5. Disbursement Procedure.— 5.1 The competent financial authority shall sanction or reject the benefits of the schemes based on the recommendation of the Task Force Committee, within one month of such recommendation. Any change in the reco- mmendation of the Task Force Committee shall be done with the approval of the Government.
5.2 For the purpose of sanction, the delegation of financial powers is specified as under.— (a) Financial sanction for an amount OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 of upto Rs. 10 lakh per disbursement per scheme shall be accorded by the Director of Industries, Trade and Commerce.
(b) Financial sanction for an amount of above Rs. 10 lakh upto Rs. 20 lakh per disbursement per scheme shall be accorded by the Secretary, Department of Industries.
(c) Benefits above Rs. 20 lakh per disbursement per scheme shall be approved by the Government.
(d) In case of any difficulty related to sanction, all the above powers shall be exercised by the Government.
(e) All sanctions and disbursements under this scheme shall be repor ted to the Government every six months. The report of January to June shall be submitted by 30th September and that of July to December shall be submitted by 31st March respectively.
5.3 Expenditures related to this scheme shall be debited to the following Budget Head:
Demand No. 19
2851 — Village and Small Industries; 101 — Industrial Estates; 02 — Subsidy Scheme for Industrial/
/Investment Policy;
33 — Subsidies.
5.4 However, the provisions of benefits to SC/ST beneficiaries under the target schemes shall be debited under the Budget Heads as mentioned below:
(a) For SC Beneficiaries:
Demand No. 19
2851 — Village and Small Industries; 789 — Special Component Plan for
Scheduled Castes;
01 — Scheduled Castes Development
Scheme (Plan);
31 — Grant-in-aid.
(b) For ST Beneficiaries:
Demand No. 19
2851 — Village and Small Industries; 796 — Tribal Area Sub Plan; 01 — Scheduled Tribes Development
Scheme (Plan);
31 — Grant-in-aid.
5.5 The amount provided in the above budget heads shall be transferred to a Public Ledger Account (PLA) to be opened by the DITC. Funds transferred to this account shall not lapse.
5.6 Funds shall be released to the PLA account to the extent required for disbursal as per sanction.
6. Management of Funds.— 6.1 Such number of PLAs as may be necessary based on the number of target schemes and for parking interest accrued shall be maintained in a Scheduled nationalized or commercial bank or both. The funds to the beneficiaries under each target scheme shall be released from these PLAs. The Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce and General Manager, DIC shall be the authorized signatories who will operate all the accounts and they will park unutilized funds as Fixed Deposits or any other Government approved securities. The interest accrued during the year shall be transferred to the Government treasury by 30th of April of the following financial year.
6.2 The payment to the beneficiary shall be released subject to availability of funds within fifteen days of receiving the sanction order from the competent financial authority, and necessary documentation/details along with an affidavit-cum-self-declaration in the format appended to the respective target scheme from the applicant.
6.3 Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce, with the approval of the Government, shall appoint a Char tered Accountant as an internal auditor for the purpose of monitoring the flow of funds under the respective target scheme for a period of three years at a time. The audit shall be restricted to checking whether the amount is released as per sanction order of the Competent Authority to the beneficiar y mentioned in the sanction order and filing of reports as mentioned at 5.2 (e).
6.4 All the accounts shall be open to a test check by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India at its discretion.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 20177. Relaxation.— 7.1 The Government may relax any or all the conditions under this scheme.
8. Interpretation.— 8.1 If any question arises, regarding interpretation of any clause, word, expression of this scheme or the target schemes, the decision shall lie with the Government, which shall be final and binding on all concerned.
9. Removal of Difficulties.— 9.1 All issues relating to the eligibility, definition, operationalization, or issues on account of new situation arising due to certain circumstances, not envisaged at the time of formulation of this scheme or the target schemes, would be resolved by the Government of Goa.
10. This has been issued with the concurrence of Finance (Expenditure) Department vide U. O. 1400041874 dated 26-09-2017.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Georgina Saldanha, Under Secretar y
(Industries).
Porvorim, 4th October, 2017.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017Department of Mines
Directorate of Mines & Geology __
Notification
DMG/SCHEME/LOAN/PART-III/2298
Read:- (i) Notification No. DMG/SCHEME/ /LOAN/1781 published in the (Extraordinary) Official Gazette, Series I No. 22 dated 03-09-2014.
(ii) Notification No. DMG/SCHEME/ /LOAN/3530 dated 27-02-2015 published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 48 dated 27-02-2015.
(iii) Notification No. DMG/SCHEME/ /LOAN/2558 dated 03-09-2015 pub- lished in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 23 dated 03-09-2015.
(iv) Notification No. DMG/SCHEME/ /LOAN/PART-I/3563 dated 27-11-2015 published in the (Extraordinary) Official Gazette, Series I No. 23 dated 27-11-2015.
In terms of the above said Notifications and in exercise of the powers conferred as per clause IX of the Notification referred at (i) above, the "Debt Relief Scheme for mining affected Borrowers of Financial Institutions" is further extended upto 31-12-2017 from the date of the expiry of the said scheme. The proposed extension is limited to only those proposals that are pending with the banks or those which were rejected earlier.
Since this is the last revision of the scheme, the final authority to grant the benefit either fully or partly in exceptional cases in either single case or group of cases shall lie with Hon'ble Chief Minister whose decision shall be final. In case Committee either defer the decision on proposal or decides on such proposal in negative.
This issues with the approval of the
Government.
By order & in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Prasanna A. Acharya, Director & ex officio
Addl. Secretary (Mines & Geology).
Panaji, 5th October, 2017.
Department of Social Welfare
Directorate of Social Welfare __
Notification
61-22-2017-BC-DSW
The Government of Goa is pleased to extend the Scheme 'Atal Asra Yojana' (Financial Assistance for Construction of New Houses and Repairs) earlier notified by Directorate of Tribal Welfare vide Notification No. DTW/ /STAT/PC/2012-13/51/5879 dated 09-01-2014 to OBC and SC Communities within the State.
1. Introduction.— Housing is one of the basic requirements of human survival. Own house provides significant economic and social security and status in the society. Cost of construction/reconstruction/repairs of housing has gone very high in the State of Goa. There are many OBC/SC economically weaker families who do not have Pucca house and many others do not even have their own house. The main housing schemes at present implemented in Goa are namely, Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) by Rural Development Agency and Director of Social Welfare respectively. While Indira Awas Yojana is for BPL families, the Rajiv Awas Yojana is for poor families with annual income upto Rs. 1.5 lakhs. The amount sanctioned under these schemes is inadequate for the purpose and supplementary finance from Banks comes at very high rates. Therefore, need is arised to extend further financial assistance over and above the assistance already provided under the Rajiv Awas Yojana or Indira Awas Yojana. However Assistance under the scheme will be processed and decided from case to case independently. This scheme will be called as "ATAL ASRA YOJANA" for Other Backward Classes/ /Scheduled Caste.
2. Objectives.— The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance for construction, reconstruction and repairs of houses to economically weaker OBC/SC population which is in addition and/or irrespective of the amount already sanctioned OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 under Rajiv Awas Yojana or Indira Awas Yojana or any other similar scheme.
3. Eligibility Criteria.— (a) The scheme will be applicable to any individual from OBC/SC communities of State of Goa having family income upto Rs. 1.50 lakhs p.a.
(b) Family Income Certificate issued by V. P. Secretary countersigned by Sarpanch in case of Village Panchayats and by Chief Officer of concerned Municipal Council in case of Municipal jurisdiction showing family income upto Rs. 1.50 lakhs per annum from all sources shall be required for the scheme. For the purpose of this scheme, family means father/ /mother/spouse/son and unmarried daughter. However, if the son is major of age and is residing separately, he should not be considered as the part of the family for the purpose of income of the family.
4. Benefit under the scheme.— (a) Under this scheme following assistance shall be granted:
(i) Financial Assistance will be provided for construction of new house as also for reconstruction of existing house up to Rs. 2.00 lakhs and for repairs of existing house up to Rs. 75,000/-. However in deserving cases the Monitoring Committee shall have the powers to increase the limit to Rs. 2.50 lakhs and Rs. 1.00 lakh respectively. No second time sanction shall be given for the same house, unless to deserving case with prior approval of Monitoring Committee.
(ii) Fees of the registered Engineer/Architect for the purpose of preparation of estimate of house for construction/repairs/reconstruction and certification required under the scheme shall be paid directly to registered Engineers /Architects by the beneficiary.
5. Priority in selection of beneficiaries.— The priority for selection of beneficiary target group coming under any of the following:—
(a) BPL families will be considered on first
priority.
(b) Household headed by widow or
unmarried or divorcee women.
(c) Physically disabled person.
(d) Household affected by flood, fire and
other natural calamities.
(e) Forest dwelling applicant.
6. Conditions of sanction.— (a) Construction of the house in accordance with the plan, prepared by the registered Engineer/ /Architect.
(b) Under this scheme every beneficiary shall be eligible for benefits maximum to the extent indicated in clause 4 of the scheme.
(c) Applicant seeking financial assistance for the construction/reconstruction/repairs of house should be owner of the land on which he plans to construct house or should have irrevocable NOC of the landlord or should produce evidence to prove that he is Mundkar or any other evidence that can be accepted by the recommending committee constituted under the scheme. The committee for recommendation of proposal shall be as under:
(A) For Rural Areas:—
(i) Block Development Officer/Chief
Officer ……..........… Chairman.
(ii) Junior Engineer (EORE) appointed by
Director of Panchayat …......…... Member.
(iii) Assistant Project Officer appointed by
DRDA (North/South)..…........… Member.
(iv) Village Panchayat Secretar y of concerned Village Panchayat ....... Member.
(v) Head Clerk/EOVP of the office of concerned BDO ........….. Member Secretary.
(B) For Urban Areas:—
(i) Chief Officer ...................... Chairperson.
(ii) Municipal Engineer of concerned
Municipal Council ............... Member.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017(iii) District Welfare Officer (North/South)
...................... Member.
(iv) Head Clerk of concerned Municipality
.................... Member Secretary.
(d) The committee shall meet as per the requirements for implementation of the scheme and for the purpose of recommending sanction to the Director, Social Welfare. The committee shall function with quorum of three.
(e) Estimate for Construction of new house shall be prepared by registered Engineer/ /Architect. However for reconstruction and for repairs, estimate may be prepared by self or by local mason/contractors. Fees will be reimbursed to the beneficiar y only to registered Engineers/Architects. In case of estimate prepared by self/mason/ /contractors, no fees will be reimbursed.
(f) If the applicant has submitted all the documents except the construction permission/license issued by the competent authority (Town and Countr y Planning/ /Planning and Development Authority and Village Panchayat/Municipal Council) then BDO shall process the file & recommend the case if it fits in the scheme with the remark that construction/reconstruction license is not produced by the applicant and shall forward it to Director of Social Welfare.
7. Submission of application & procedure for sanctioning amount.— (a) Application in the Prescribed Form along with the required documents submitted in duplicate to the concerned Block Development Officer.
(b) Application should be supported with the detailed estimate of the construction/ /reconstruction or of the repairs of the existing house in respect of which financial assistance is sought.
(c) Estimate generally should be prepared by registered Engineer/Architect. However, for reconstruction and for repair, estimate shall be accepted if it is prepared by self or by local mason or by local contractors.
(d) Self declaration in prescribed proforma.
(e) All other relevant documents mentioned
in the Application Form.
8. Procedure of recommending the proposal.— (a) After receipt of the application complete in all respect, Junior Engineer (EORE) of BDO Office for Village Panchayat jurisdiction/Municipal Engineer of Municipal Council for Municipal jurisdiction shall verify the correctness of the application and submit the verification report as prescribed under the scheme before Block Development Officer/ /Chief Officer as the case may be. It shall be ensured that no columns should be left blank in the application form.
(b) After verification report submitted by Junior Engineer (EROE)/Municipal Engineer of Municipal Council, BDO/Chief Officer shall convey the meeting of the recommending committee and place the proposal before the committee and shall also place the bill of registered Engineer/Architect for recommendation. No bills of self/local mason/ /local contractor shall be recommended.
(c) After the approval of the committee, BDO/Chief Officer shall forward the application with the documents duly verified by BDO/Chief Officer along with verification report mentioned at clause 8(a) duly countersigned by the BDO/Chief Officer to the Director of Social Welfare for sanctioning the proposal. The recommending committee shall also certify the bill presented by registered Engineers/Architects and submit it along with the proposal for sanction. Minutes of the meeting shall also be enclosed with the proposal.
(d) As mentioned in Clause (f) of 6, BDO/ /Chief Officer shall process the file as per the procedure mentioned above for recommending the case.
9. Sanction for the proposal.— (a) Director of Social Welfare will sanction the case after scrutinizing the proposal along with the OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 sanction order, 50% of the sanctioned amount will be released in the form of First Installment. Balance sanctioned amount will be credited to the account specially created for the purpose of this scheme in the Goa State SC and OBC Finance and Development Corporation Ltd.
(b) In case of recommendation under Clause (d) of 8, Director of Social Welfare shall sanction the case. However 1st installment i.e. 50% of the sanctioned amount will be deposited in the Joint Account in the bank in the name of Director, Social Welfare and the name of Applicant in the form of Fixed Deposit or equivalent deposit. The balance amount will be credited in the account specially created in the Goa State SC and OBC Finance and Development Corporation Ltd. under the scheme as mentioned in clause 9(a). The entire amount of the fees of registered Engineers/Architects will be deposited in the Account mentioned in Clause 9(a). The Director, Social Welfare shall release the 1st installment to the Applicant only af ter producing the construction/reconstruction license to the Director, Social Welfare.
It is binding on the applicant to submit the construction/reconstruction license issued by Competent Authority within the period of 15 months to the Director of Social Welfare, failing which the sanction order will get lapsed without any further notice and the entire amount shall be credited in Government Treasury. However with prior approval of Government, the period may be extended by maximum of 9 months, if requested by the applicant. Interest in such Fixed Deposits shall be credited to the Account of applicant if the same is utilized in 15 months or extended period as the case may be. However in case of lapsed sanctioned order the interest will be credited to the account of the Government treasury.
The actual work should commence within 60 days from the date of sanctioned amount released. If not, the released amount will be recovered from the applicant as an Arrears of Land Revenue under the Goa, Daman & Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968 & Rules.
10. Applicant shall put the logo prescribed under the scheme on the front side or prominent place of the house after completion of the construction/reconstruction/repairs of the house.
On the basis of the report of the registered Engineers/Architect of utilization of the amount released on first installment, second installment of 25% of the sanctioned amount will be released through the Goa State SC and OBC Finance and Development Corporation by Director of Social Welfare.
On the basis of the report of the registered Engineers/Architect of utilization of the amount released in first and second installment and inspection by the official appointed by the Director of Social Welfare and on the completion certificate of the registered Engineer/Architects & Logo Certificate issued by Block Development Officer along with Photograph of House along with the applicant, the third installment of 25% of the sanctioned amount will be released through the Goa State SC and OBC Finance & Development Corporation Ltd. by Director, Social Welfare. On production of the cer tificate stating that construction/reconstruction/repairs is complete in all respect by registered Engineers/Architects duly countersigned by the applicant, the fees paid by the beneficiary to registered Engineers/Architects will be reimbursed by the Director of Social Welfare with the restriction of maximum of 5% of the total amount sanctioned for construction/ /reconstruction/repair as the case may be.
In case of estimate prepared by mason or self or local contractors, EO (RE) of BDO office for village panchayat jurisdiction/Municipal Engineer of Municipal Council for Municipal jurisdiction shall certify the completion of construction/reconstruction or repairs. BDO/ /Chief Officer shall submit the Utilization Cer tificate of the amount released & completion and Logo Certificate along with OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 the Photograph of the house along with the applicant to Director of Social Welfare in such cases.
11. Monitoring of the scheme.— (a) For issues relating to the eligibility, opera- tionalization or issues on account of new situation, not envisaged at the time of formulation of the scheme, would be resolved by the Monitoring Committee, whose decision will be final.
(b) The Monitoring Committee shall consist of:–
1. Secretary (Social Welfare) : Chairman 2. Joint/Addl. Secretary : Member Finance or his representative not below the rank of Under Secretary
3. Chief Town Planner : Member 4. Director of Municipal Admini- : Member stration
5. Project Director DRDA : Member (North/South)
6. Director of Panchayat : Member 7. Director of Social Welfare : Member
Secretary.
12. Evaluation of the scheme.— The scheme will be implemented for five years from the date of issue. Performance of the scheme will be evaluated after two years of its implementation and if required scheme will be suitably modified to meet the new challenges/ /requirements so as to achieve the set objective.
13. Removal of difficulties.— Government shall be empowered to remove any difficulties arising out of implementation of this scheme with prior approval of finance department.
14. Relaxation.— The Monitoring Committee shall be empowered to relax any or all clauses or conditions of the scheme in genuine cases or case to case basis for release of financial assistance to be recorded in writing. The Applicant may apply directly to the Director of Social Welfare with a request with proper justification to relax the condition which is required. All the available documents along with the application form shall be enclosed with the application for relaxation.
15. Interpretation.— If any question arises regarding interpretation of any clause, word, expression of the scheme, the decision shall lie with the Monitoring Committee, which shall be final and binding on all concerned.
16. Redressal of grievances and disputes.— Grievances if any, arising out of the implementation of this scheme, shall be heard and decided by the Minister for Social Welfare and the decision of the Minister for Social Welfare in this regard shall be final and binding on all concerned.
17. This Notification supersedes similar scheme notified vide Notification No. DSW/ /STAT/DHANGAR (OBC)/2012-13/72/9712 dated 31st January, 2013 and Notification No. 61-34-2015-SC/OBC/SWD/7096 dated 4th February, 2016.
By order and in the name of Governor of Goa.
S. V. Naik, Director & ex officio Addl. Secretary (Social Welfare).
Panaji, 29th September, 2017.
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Department of Town & Country Planning __
Order
Secy/TCP/37/2017/3159
Sanction of the Government is hereby accorded for creation of 2 additional posts of Chief Town Planner in addition to existing one post of Chief Town Planner in the Town and Country Planning Department in the pay scale PB-3, Rs. 15,600-39,100+G.P. (7,600), (level 12 of the pay matrix) with immediate effect.
This issues with concurrence of Finance Department vide their U. O. No. 1693 dated OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 28 12TH OCTOBER, 2017 2-8-2017 and with approval of Council of Ministers with Cabinet meeting held on 4-8-2017, as conveyed by General Administration Department vide letter No. 1/ /30/2017-GAD-II dated 4-8-2017.
The expenditure on pay and allowances
shall be debited to the Budget Head:
2217—Urban Development; 00— 001—Direction & Administration; 01—Town Country Planning Department
(NP);
01—Salaries.
This is issued in terms of provisions of Section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (as amended) published in Official Gazette (Extraordinary) Series I No. 23 dated 12-9-2017.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
B. R. Singh, Secretary (TCP).
Panaji, 6th October, 2017.
Department of Urban Development
Directorate of Municipal Administration __
Notification
14/DMA/TAX/2005-2006/Accts-17/Part-I/ /1913
Ref.: Notification No. 14/DMA/TAX/2005-06/
/Accts-17/2902 dated 30-3-2012.
In continuation of the Notification referred above and in pursuance of sub-clause (13) of clause 3 of the Goa Municipal Councils/ /Corporation (Grant-in-Aid) to the Municipal Councils/Corporation falling in the Notified Areas Scheme, 2005, the Government of Goa herby extend the validity of the said Scheme for five years i.e. from 1-4-2015 to 31-3-2020.
This is issued with concurrence of the Finance Department vide U. O. No. 2842 dated 29-9-2017.
By order & in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
J. Ashok Kumar, IAS, Director & ex officio
Addl. Secretary (M.A./U.D.).
Panaji, 5th October, 2017.
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