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SUPPLEMENT

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Goa Energy Development Agency

Registered No. 16/Goa/95

Office of the Member Secretary

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MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

1/107/GEDA/2022-23/994

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 12 of Societies Registration Act, 1860

(Central Act 21 of 1860), the Goa Energy Development Agency registered under

No. 16/Goa/1995, and in supersession of all the earlier amendments hereby notifies the

following Memorandum of Association.

Name

The name of the Society shall be “GOA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

AGENCY” (GEDA).

Registered

Office

REGISTERED OFFICE address of the Society shall be Goa Energy

Development Agency, 5th Floor, Goa IDC Building, Patto, Panaji-

Goa 403001.

Aims and

Objectives

(i)

To identify the beneficiaries and their problems with regards to

renewable energy requirement in the State of Goa.

(ii)

To draw up model plans for the investments, executions of energy

programmes, production, installation and other related activities to

be undertaken by the beneficiaries for seeking a solution to their

problems.

(iii)

To execute various plans of new and renewable sources of energy

and pilot projects for the benefit of all persons particularly those

who are below the poverty line, and others, in the rural and urban

areas of the State of Goa, either directly or with the assistance and

co-operation of various existing agencies engaged in this field

whether private or public or co-operative, Industrial Development

Corporation, Municipal Councils, Block Panchayat Samities, Co-

operative Banks, Departments of Government of Goa, Central

Government, etc.

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Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-23

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(iv)

To organise and arrange supplies, installation and commissioning

of renewable energy systems/equipments and devices like Solar

Cookers, Solar Water Heating Systems, Industrial Solar Water

Heating Systems, Solar Dryers, Solar Photovoltaic roof top/ground

mounted systems, Solar Stills, Solar Chilling Plants, Solar Photo

Voltaic

Pumps,

small

wind

mills,

Energy

Saving

Equipments/gadgets, Bio-gas Plants, Bio-gas based power plant,

Biomass briquetting plant, solar concentrators for cooking, heating,

laundry applications, small hydro and promotion of electric vehicles

etc.

(v)

To arrange and organise construction and commissioning of

community and individual Bio-gas Plants and installation of

systems through organizations/contractors/Government Depart-

ments, etc.

(vi)

To arrange and organise awareness & demonstration programme to

educate public about the uses and working of different types of

renewable energy systems and devices.

(vii)

To provide assistance in renewable energy equipments/gadgets

and installations for the development of Agriculture, Fisheries,

Dairy Industries, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals,

Industrial Households through the use of different new and

renewable energy systems, equipment and devices.

(viii)

To convene, organize or assist seminars, meetings, conferences,

etc. on new and renewable energy and related subjects and to

maintain

libraries,

reading

rooms,

etc.

and

undertake

documentation in the aforesaid subjects.

(ix)

The income of the society shall be utilized only for the achievement

of the above objects of the society and no portion thereof shall be

distributed amongst members.

(x)

Research and Development of Bio-gas, Biomass, Biomass

Briquetting, Biomass Energy and ethanol from Biomass and their

installations.

(xi)

Implementation of Integrated Rural Energy programme, New and

Renewable Energy and all Central Government Schemes under the

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

(xii)

All projects undertaken by the State Government under New and

Renewable Energy and programmes through Public/Private

Partnership (PPP) mode.

(xiii)

Implementation of Tidal energy, Geo Thermal Energy, Wind Energy

and small/mini/micro hydro projects.

(xiv)

Research and Development of other New and Renewable Energy

programmes.

The addresses, occupations and designations of the present members of the General body to

whom the affairs and management of the society have been entrusted as required under section

2 of S. R. Act of 1860 as extended to the State of Goa are here as under:

Sr.

No.

Designation & Address

Occupation

Designation under

GEDA

Chief Minister, Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa.

Chairman

Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa.

Government

service

Vice-Chairman

Secretary (NRE), Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa.

- do-

Member

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Chief Electrical Engineer, Vidhyut Bhavan,

Panaji

- do-

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Van

Bhawan, Altinho, Panaji.

- do-

Director of Industries, Udyog Bhavan, Panaji- Goa.

- do-

Project Director, District Rural Development

Agency, “Spaces” 7th Floor, Patto, Panaji-Goa.

- do-

Director of Municipal Administration, Collectorate

Building, Panaji-Goa.

Government

service

Member

Director of Panchayats, Junta House, Panaji.

-do-

10.

Director/Ex-Officio, Jt. Secretary, Department of New

and Renewable Energy, Goa IDC Building, Patto,

Panaji-Goa.

- do-

11.

Director of Agriculture, Krishi Bhavan, Tonca,

Caranzalem-Goa

- do-

12.

Member Secretary, GEDA, Goa-IDC Building, Patto,

Panaji-Goa.

- do-

Member

Secretary

13.

Expert Member to be nominated by Government

- do-

Member

This amendment is recorded in the office of District Registrar, North, Panaji dated 27-02-2023.

Sanjeev Joglekar, Member Secretary Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA).

Patto-Panaji.

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RULES & REGULATIONS

1/107/GEDA/2022-23/994

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 12 of Societies Registration Act, 1860

(Central Act 21 of 1860), the Goa Energy Development Agency registered under

No. 16/Goa/1995, and in supersession of all the earlier amendments hereby makes the

following Rules and Regulations.

Name

The name of the Society shall be “GOA ENERGY

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY” (GEDA).

Address

ADDRESS: The Registered Office address of the Society

shall be Goa Energy Development Agency, 5th Floor,

Goa-IDC Building, Patto, Panaji-Goa 403001.

Membership

Subject to the approval of the Governing Body and

Chairman(GEDA) any person (shall mean and include

individuals, firms, companies or other corporated or

uncorporated bodies) engaged in energy systems may

become a member provided he believes in the aims and

objects of the society, by signing an application form

and paying membership fee of rupee one as admission

fee.

Subscription

There shall be annual subscription of Rupee one

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Refusal and

Expulsion

The Governing body may refuse any person (as explained

above) for the membership, provided reasons for refusal

shall be communicated to the person concerned.

The Governing body of this society may expel any

member from the society on the following grounds:

(i) If the member works against the aims and objects

of the society.

(ii) If the member tenders his resignation

(iii) If the member fails to attend three meetings of

general body and governing body and fails to pay

the membership fee for three consecutive years.

The reasons of expulsion be communicated to every

member. Every such expelled member shall have a right

to appeal before the general body which may or may not

be accepted.

General Body

There shall be a general body of the society consisting of

all the members. The meeting of the general body shall be

held after every one year with 1/3 quorum. No quorum

shall be required in the adjourned meetings. An

emergent meeting of the general body may also be

summoned on the written request of 3/5 members.

Notice of general body or special body meeting shall be

given seven days earlier by a circular.

The decisions of the general body or special body

meetings shall be by majority of votes and in case of

equality of votes, the chairman shall exercise a casting

vote.

Governing Body

There shall be a Governing body of the society to look

after and to manage the day to day affairs of the society.

It shall consist of minimum 3 and maximum 7 members

including the office bearers. The meetings of the

governing body shall be held after every one month with

2/3 quorum. An emergent meeting of the governing body

may also be summoned on the written request.

Following business shall be transacted by way of

circulation of files among the members of Governing

body:

To take steps for installation of renewable Energy

projects in EPC,RESCO mode and BOOT basis etc.

To take decisions for providing grants/subsidies to the

beneficiaries

who

purchase

Renewable

Energy

Systems/gadgets from their own resources.

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To take decisions for providing grants/subsidies to the

deserving production units/institutions who are engaged

in developing technologies of energy systems and

research etc.

To give such assistance by way of subsidies to users of

various energy systems including grants as may be

deemed necessary for furthering the use of new devices

to be undertaken and supported by the Society.

To organize processing, manufacturing and marketing

activities of different energy items of the producers on

marginal profit basis.

To draw, accept, make, endorse, discount and negotiate

with the Government of Goa and other promissory notes,

bills

exchange,

cheques

other

negotiable

instruments.

To invest the funds or the money entrusted to the society

upon such security or in any such manner, as may, from

time to time and to sell or transfer such investments.

To purchase, take on lease, accept as gift, donations,

grants, subsidies construct, or otherwise acquire, any

loan or property, wherever suitable which may be

necessary or useful for the society.

To employ directly or indirectly, by grants to other

institutions, persons, to further the programme to be

undertaken/proposed to be taken by the society.

To set up or establish any special service for furthering

the economic interest of the society and beneficiaries.

To sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer of or any

portion of the properties of the society.

To do all other such things as may be deemed necessary

by the society and may be incidental or conducive to the

attainment of its objectives.

The structure of the Governing Body shall be as under:

(i) Chief Secretary, Vice-Chairman (GEDA)

(ii) Secretary NRE, Member(GEDA)

(iii) Member Secretary (GEDA)

Election of Members of the

Governing Body

“8 Nomination of the Member Secretary of GEDA

i) Member Secretary shall be nominated by Government

of the Rank of Grade A Officer and Engineer having

relevant experience in the field of Renewable Energy.”

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Office Bearers and their

Duties

CHAIRMAN

Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Goa shall be the

Chairman of the Society and shall preside at all the

meetings. In his absence the Vice Chairman shall preside

at every meeting of the General Body and in the absence

of both, members present may authorize one of them

(other than the Member Secretary) to preside over the

meetings.

MEMBER SECRETARY

He shall represent the society in all public and private

and public offices.

(ii)

He shall keep all type of records of society including the

addresses, etc.

(iii)

He shall under take all type of correspondences on behalf

of the society.

(iv)

He shall convene the meeting of general body and shall

also inform every member regarding time, date and place

of the meeting through a seven days earlier notice in

writing.

(v)

He shall have the powers subject to the approval of the

General Body to make rules regarding the recruitments of

additional staff for the purpose of strengthening of GEDA

and provide promotional avenues for them as per the

needs and workload of the Agency.

(vi)

He shall deposit all money or funds of the Society in an

“account/accounts” to be opened with any Nationalised

bank or any other bank notified by Finance Department,

Government of Goa in the name of the Agency.

(vii)

He shall also keep or cause to keep a true and correct

account of the funds of the Agency.

(viii)

He shall have power to receive donations, grants, fees

and other money due and payable on behalf of the

Agency and deposit the same in the account of the

Agency’s bank.

(ix) He shall keep the accounts in such manner as the

governing Body may direct.

(x)

If nominated on deputation he shall draw salary one scale

above the scale being drawn from the parent Department.

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(xi)

He shall be authorized to sign all cheques on behalf

of GEDA.

(xii)

He is authorized to sign for routine day to day

activities of GEDA.

(xiii)

All expenditure of petty expenses, office expenses,

salaries and all other expenses below Rs. 15.00 lakhs

incurred for day to day for smooth working of Agency

shall be with the approval of Member Secretary GEDA.

(xiv)

He shall be authorized to invite E-tenders and carry out

empanelment procedures with the approval of Chairman

(GEDA).

(xv)

He shall be authorized to appoint an auditor for the

Society for auditing accounts of the society.

10.

Source of Income

(i)

Grants-in-aid from the Government of Goa, Government

of India and any other institution shall be source of

income of the society.

(ii)

Levy of 5% service charges on total amount of

procurements of solar energy systems from all State

Government

Departments,

PSU’s

and

Autonomous

bodies to GEDA as per circular No. 3-1/NCSE/Plan/

/2018-19/RE Procurements/11 dated 05/02/2019.

(iii)

Implementation of Revenue sharing Renewable Energy

Projects including Electric Vehicle Charging Stations,

hire of Electric Vehicles etc.

11.

Audit

The accounts of the society shall be audited annually by

competent auditors appointed by the Member Secretary.

The auditors shall have detailed check of the register and

accounts and submit the report to the Member Secretary

within 15 days of submission of records to them.

12.

Expenditure

(i)

Strict discipline shall be ensured in utilization of

money.

(ii)

All expenditure of petty expenses, office expenses,

salaries and all other expenses below Rs.15.00 lakhs

incurred for day to day for smooth working of Agency shall

be with the approval of Member Secretary GEDA.

(iii)

All payment shall be supported by proper vouchers or

certification by the concerned officer who has made the

payment.

(iv)

All expenditure above 15.00 lakhs shall be with the

approval of Governing Body and Chairman GEDA.

13.

Bank Operation

The funds of the society shall be kept in any Nationalized

Bank or any other bank notified by Finance Department,

Government of Goa. The Bank Account shall be operated

by the Member Secretary.

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14.

Financial Year

The financial year of the Society shall be from 1st April to

31st March.

15.

Annual List

Every year a list of Governing body office bearers and

members shall be filed in the office of the Registrar of the

Society, Goa, as required under Section 4 of S.R. Act of

1860.

16.

Legal Proceedings

The Society may sue or be sued in the name of its

Chairman as required in Section 6 of S.R. Act of 1860.

17.

Amendment

Subject to the approval of Government of Goa any

amendment in the Memorandum or Rules of this Society

shall be carried out in accordance with procedure laid

down under Section 12 and 12A of S.R. Act of 1860.

18.

Dissolution

Subject to the approval of Government of Goa this Society

may be dissolved in accordance with procedure laid

down under Sections 13 and 14 of S.R. Act of 1860.

All the provisions of S.R. Act of 1860 as extended to the State of Goa apply to this society.

Certified that this is the true and correct copy of the rules and regulations of the society.

Sr.

No.

Name of the official

Designation

Signature

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Goa

Chairman

Sd/-

Secretary, New and Renewable Energy (NRE)

Vice-

Chairman

Sd/-

Member Secretary, GEDA

Member

Secretary

Sd/-

This amendment is recorded in the office of District Registrar, North, Panaji dated

27-02-2023.

Sanjeev Joglekar, Member Secretary Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA).

Patto-Panaji.

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