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

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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

Department

Notification/Order

Subject

Pages

1. Forest

Not.- 2-190(1)2017-18-FD/

The Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment)

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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

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Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy.

Communities.

5. Town & Country Planning

Ord.- Secy/TCP/37/2017/3159 Creation of posts.

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Secretary

6. Urban Development

Not.- 14/DMA/TAX/2005-

Extension of validity of Scheme.

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Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy.

-2006/Accts-17/Part-I/1913

INDEX

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.

NOTE

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”.

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1.2

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

Government reserves 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.

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 started

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

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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 Chartered

Accountant/Company Secretary, 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.

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

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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.

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 reported 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 Chartered

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 beneficiary

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.

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7. 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 Secretary

(Industries).

Porvorim, 4th October, 2017.

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Department 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

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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.

(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.

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 Secretary 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.

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(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 beneficiary 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 Country 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.

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

registered

Engineer/Architect

for

recommendation. No bills of self/local mason/

/local contractor shall be recommended.

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

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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 after

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 certificate 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

Certificate of the amount released &

completion and Logo Certificate along with

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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.

———ttt———

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

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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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