Panaji, 5th October, 2023 (Asvina 13, 1945)

SERIES I No. 27

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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NOTE

There is a Supplement and two Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 26 dated 28-09-2023, namely:—

1. Supplement dated 28-09-2023 from pages 2069 to 2120, Notifications from Department of Environment & Climate

Change regarding draft proposal to notify wetlands.

2. Extraordinary dated 30-9-2023 from pages 2121 to 2128, Notifications from Department of Finance

regarding GST.

3. Extraordinary (No. 2) dated 4-10-2023 from pages 2129-2130, Notification from Department of Law regarding the

Goa Staff Selection Commission; and Notification from Department of Revenue regarding date of appointment from

which Goa Act 36 of 2023 shall come into force.

INDEX

Department

Notification/Order/Corrigendum

Subject

Pages

Agriculture

Not.- 3/3/Hort/SSS/1/2023-24/

Amendment of State Sector Scheme—Develop-

2131

/D.Agri/333

ment of Horticulture.

Goa Energy Develop-

Ord.- 1/399/GEDA/2023-24/

Withdrawal of Recruitment Rules of GEDA.

2132

ment Agency

/667

Labour

Not.- 24/14/2012/LAB/646

Amendment of Scheme for giving stipend to

2132

the trainees belonging to SC/ST community.

Panchayats

Corri.- 19/DP/allot.of shop/19-20/

—

2132

/7020

Rural Development

Not.- DoRD/MAY/7/2023-24/

Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana.

2133

/1262

2131

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Agriculture

Directorate of Agriculture

Notification

3/3/Hort/SSS/1/2023-24/D.Agri/333

Sub.: State Sector Scheme—Development of

Horticulture.

Ref.: 1. Notification No. 3/3/Hort/SSS/1/2018-

19/D.Agri/185 dated 22-11-2018

published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 35 dated 29-11-2018.

2. Notification No. 3/3/Hort/SSS/1/2020-

21/D.Agri/396 dated 13-10-2020

published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 29 dated 15-10-2020.

Amendment

Clause No. 5.6 (iii) will be replaced and shall

be read as below:

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Each Assembly Constituency and each

Parliamentary Constituency shall be supplied

minimum 1000 fruits bearing plants as per

the need or as many number of fruit bearing

plants within the overall cost ceiling of

Rs. 1.5 lakh per Assembly/Parliamentary

Constituency.

This Amendment will be effective from the

financial year 2023-24 onwards.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Nevil Alphonso, Director of Agriculture &

ex officio Joint Secretary.

Tonca-Caranzalem, 27th September, 2023.

———ttt———

Goa Energy Development Agency

Order

1/399/GEDA/2023-24/667

Approval of the Government is conveyed

for withdrawal of the Recruitment Rules of

Goa Energy Development Agency issued vide

No. 1/399/GEDA/2022-23/859 notified/

published vide Series I No. 45 dated 9th

February, 2023 with immediate effect.

This is issued with the concurrence of

Government vide U. O. No. 4837/F dated

28-08-2023.

Sanjeev Joglekar, Member Secretary

(GEDA).

Panaji, 29th September, 2023.

V. No. AP-688/2023.

———ttt———

Department of Labour

Notification

24/14/2012/LAB/646

The Government of Goa is hereby pleased

to amend the Scheme for giving stipend to

the trainees belonging to the SC/ST

community enrolled under various Labour

Welfare Centres in the State of Goa as notified

vide

Government

notification

dated

23-04-2013 and published in the Official

Gazette, Series I No. 6 dated 09-05-2013, as

follows:—

In the said scheme,–

(i) in clause (iv), in sub-clause (e), for

the expression “The stipend of Rs. 1,000/-

(Rupees one thousand only) per month”,

the expression “The stipend of Rs. 2,400/-

(Rupees two thousand four hundred

only) per month” shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (v), in sub-clause (a), for

the expression “stipend of Rs. 1,000/-

(Rupees one thousand only)”, the

expression “stipend of Rs. 2,400/-

(Rupees two thousand four hundred

only)” shall be substituted.

This notification shall be deemed to have

come into force with effect from 1st July,

2023.

This issues with the concurrence of

Finance (Expenditure) Department vide their

U. O. No. 1400090923 dated 25-05-2023.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Vivek Naik, Under Secretary (Labour).

Porvorim, 25th September, 2023.

———ttt———

Department of Panchayati Raj &

Community Development

Directorate of Panchayats

Corrigendum

19/DP/allot.of shop/19-20/7020

Sub.: The Goa Panchayat (Allotment of

premises on rent built in Panchayat

area) Rules, 2020.

Read: 1. Notification No. 19/DP/Allot.of shops/

19-20/4141

dated

30-09-2020

published in the Official Gazette

(Extraordinary No. 2) Series I No. 27

dated 5th October, 2020.

In the Notification read in premable, in the

2nd line of 5th para, the words and

expressions “sub-section (1) of section 5”

shall be substituted as “section 158”.

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All other contents of the notification shall

remain unaltered.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Siddhi T. Halarnakar, Director of Panchayats

& ex officio Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 29th September, 2023.

———ttt———

Department of Rural Development

Directorate of Rural Development

Notification

DoRD/MAY/7/2023-24/1262

The State Government is committed for

economic empowerment of women with a

vision of women-led development. It is

through the empowerment of women that

societies can ensure their growth as well.

The Government of Goa attaches importance

and significance to the women participation

in various economic activities to make them

economically viable.

The Government of Goa is pleased to

introduce “Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana”

for Women Self Help Groups (Women SHG)

for running the canteen or providing

catering services for various Government

Depar tments/Corporations/Agencies/

Autonomous Bodies/Institutions/Boards with

the sole objective of improving economic

conditions of women and remove hurdles that

come in the way of their development.

There are more than 4000 Women SHG in

Goa registered with the Departments of Rural

Development and Directorate of Municipal

Administration. This scheme will provide

employment opportunities to Women SHG by

promoting entrepreneurship abilities among

them.

1. Short title and commencement.— a) This

scheme shall be called as the “Mukhyamantri

Annapurna Yojana”.

b) It shall come into force with effect from

the date of publication of this notification.

2. Objective.— i) To improve economic

condition of women in the State.

ii) To create opportunity for women from

amongst all Women SHG in Goa to develop

entrepreneurship skills and in turn to uplift

their economic condition.

iii. To make Women Self Help Group in Goa

Self-sustainable.

3. Definition.— i) “Registered Women Self

Help Group”— means a Women SHG which

is registered under National Rural Livelihood

Mission (NRLM) Portal with the Department

of Rural Development or National Urban

Livelihood Mission (NULM) portal of

Directorate of Municipal Administration and

which is in possession of Certificate of

registration issued by them.

ii) “Canteen”— means any premise, which

is a part of a Government Department/

/Corporations/Agencies/Autonomous Bodies/

/Institutions/Boards, in which business of

supplying food or refreshments to the

Officials, public or a class of public can be

established.

iii) “Catering Services”— means any

supply of food items in office or on

the field for the functions, meetings,

training,

exhibitions

etc.,

conducted

by Government Department/Corporations/

/Agencies/Autonomous Bodies/Institutions/

/Boards, in which business of supplying food

or refreshments to the officials, public or

a class of public can be established.

iv) “Department”— means any Department

of the State Government, however, it

shall also include Autonomous Bodies/

Corporations/Agencies/Institutions/Boards

and other establishments constituted by the

State Government.

v) “State Government”— means the

Government of the State of Goa.

vi) “Competent Authority”— means Head

of Department or Head of Office of a

Department.

vii) “Intending

Department”—

The

Government

Department/Corporations/

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/Agencies/Autonomous Bodies/Institutions/

/Boards intending to start the canteen facility

or to hire the catering services.

4. Eligibility.— i) Any ‘Registered Women

SHG under NRLM or NULM portal certified

by Department of Rural Development or

Directorate of Municipal Administration.

ii) The Women SHG should have a Bank

Account.

iii) The Women SHG should be registered

on either NRLM or NULM portal.

iv) In case, a Women SHG is not registered

on either NRLM or NULM portal, a

provisional registration certificate shall be

issued by the Department of Rural

Development or Municipal Administration as

the case may be, on demand/request of a

Women SHG with a validity of only 6 months

(not extendable) and further the said SHG

should register on the NRLM or NULM portal,

as the case may be, before the expiry of the

provisional certificate.

v) Each Women SHG is eligible to run only

one such canteen in any Department.

5A)

Procedure to be followed by

Department.— i) The Intending Departments

shall intimate the Department of Rural

Development about the opportunities

available in their Department (premises/

space) for running canteen within a month

from the date of publication of this notification

and thereafter as and when need arises.

ii) Department of Rural Development shall

publish the list of intending departments,

where canteen facility is to be established.

iii) The Department of Rural Development

shall prepare list of willing Women SHG for

running canteen/providing catering services

under the “Mukhyamantri Annapurna

Yojana”. Intending Department shall select

the Self Help Group from the list published

by Department of Rural Development.

iv) The intending department will

scrutinize the applications along with

quotations from Women SHG and will finalize

name of Women SHG for their own

Department and shall issue work order/

/allotment order to the selected Women SHG

within a 2 week.

v) The concerned offices i.e. the

Department of Rural Development, Directorate

of Municipal Administration, GSUDA,

Directorate of Food & Drugs Administration,

Directorate of Health and Services, or any

other Departments connected to implement

this scheme shall appoint a Nodal Officer to

ensure timely issuance of the necessary

Permissions/NOC to Women SHG as required

under various rules in force from time to time.

vi) The Registration Certificate issued by

the Department of Rural Development or

Directorate of Municipal Administration to

any Women SHG shall be considered as the

final document for obtaining any such

Permissions/NOC. The Competent Authority

will be responsible for providing necessary

Permission/NOC to the Women SHG within

the prescribed time frame.

vii) The Department of Rural Development

will organize training on nutritional up-

gradation to the Women SHGs from time to

time. Such training shall be provided atleast

once in six months to all the Women SHG

running the Canteen business in the

Government Departments.

viii) In case Government Departments/

Offices does not have space for running the

canteen or for on field Functions/Activities

the Refreshments/Catering services for

the official Functions/Meetings/Training/

Exhibitions shall be made available from the

listed Women SHG as per the rates fixed by

the Department of Rural Development.

5B) Procedure to apply for Women Self Help

Group.— i) The Women Self Help Groups

should apply to the Director, Department of

Rural Development, Panaji, Goa to run the

canteen in the prescribed proforma as

annexed in Annexure-A along with details

of bank account and details of office bearers

of Women SHG and Certificate of Registration.

ii) A rent of Rs. 20/- per sq. mts. in Urban

areas and Rs. 10/- per sq. mts. in Rural areas

shall be payable by the Women SHG as a

monthly rent of the canteen premise allotted

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in a Department. The water and electricity

supply shall be borne by the Women SHG.

iii) The tenure for running a canteen shall

be initially for a period of three years. The

same may be further extended for a period of

two years by the Intending Department on

receipt of request from Women SHG

concerned. The contract can be terminated

with a notice of two months by the either

parties.

5C) Responsibilities of Women SHG willing

to run a canteen and participate in the

selection process.— i) No Alcohol, Tobacco

items and items banned by the Government

shall be sold at the canteen premises.

ii) The Women SHG shall provide freshly

cooked, Hygienic and Nutritious food items

at affordable prices. Besides these, the

competent authority in consultation with

Women SHG shall decide other food items

packed or loose to be made available for sale

in the canteen premises.

iii) The selected Women SHG shall be

responsible for cleanliness of the canteen

premises and to provide overall hygienic food

items. Proper arrangements for cooking

various food items shall be done by Women

SHG. The food grains, vegetables and other

raw materials should be stored in clean and

hygienic conditions.

iv) The Women SHG shall display the list of

food items available for sale along with rates

at all times during working hours.

v) The Women SHG shall refrain from

charging unapproved prices and shall

increase the prices, if needed subject to the

approval from the competent authority.

vi) The Department shall make necessary

arrangements for scullery. However, Women

SHG shall be responsible to maintain hygiene

and discharge of soiled water.

vii) The Women SHG shall be responsible

for proper segregation of waste.

viii) SHG shall not subcontract the order or

the lease of the canteen to any other private

parties or SHGs. Failing which the competent

authority shall initiate action to terminate the

contract.

ix) The SHG shall obtain License/

/Registration certificate under the rules in

force for running the canteen/providing

catering services.

5D) Responsibilities of Departments.— i)

The Intending Department which have space

for running a canteen in their building, shall

communicate the availability of space for

running the Canteen to the Director,

Department of Rural Development.

ii) Competent Authority of intending

Departments shall invariably appoint Nodal

Officer, who shall be in rank of Deputy

Director or Joint Director or equivalent and

his/her details such as names, designation

etc. shall be communicated to Department of

Rural Development and other departments

for seeking the NOC/Permissions within two

weeks from the date of publication of this

scheme.

iii) The competent authority shall permit

Women SHG to keep their local product if

any, for sale and shall provide additional

tables in the canteen premises for the

purpose, provided the sufficient space is

available within the designated canteen

premise.

iv) Departments already having canteens,

if any, being run through private contractor

other than Women Self Help Group shall not

be extended after completion of their existing

contract period and no new/fresh contract

shall be given except to the Women SHG as

per this scheme.

v) The premises along with table and chairs

shall be made available in the concerned

Department. The expenditure for the same

shall be met from the respective Department

budget head.

vi) Any other arrangements to be made for

the SHGs shall be at the discretion and

disposal of the competent authority of the

intended Department.

vii) The Department concerned will obtain

the declaration from the Women SHG that

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they have not been allotted canteen of any

other Department.

viii) The copy of canteen allotment order/

termination order/any other such notice shall

be submitted to the Department of Rural

Development.

ix) The Department shall extend full

support cooperation for obtaining license/

/permissions etc. under the rules in force.

6. Framing of guidelines.— For better

implementation

this

scheme

the

Government can amend/frame the guidelines

from time to time and the same shall be

binding

women

SHG

and

the

Depar tments/Corporations/Agencies/

Autonomous Bodies/Institutions, etc.

7. Relaxation of the provision of the

scheme.— Hon’ble Minister (Finance) is

empowered to relax any or all clauses or

conditions of this scheme, if needed be, for

reasons to be recorded. Any such decision

shall be binding on the all Women SHGs

Depar tments/Corporations/Agencies/

Autonomous Bodies/Institutions, etc.

8. Interpretations of the provision of the

scheme.— Decision of the Government on any

questions, including grievances relating to the

meaning, significance, interpretation, scope,

etc. of the scheme shall be final and binding.

9. Redressal of grievances and dispute.—

Grievances if any, arising out of implementa-

tion of this scheme, the Government shall

decide such matters and the decision of the

Government in this regard shall be final and

binding on all concerned.

Bhushan Savaikar, Director (RD) & ex officio

Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 29th September, 2023.

Annexure-A

To,

The Director,

Directorate of Rural Development,

Government of Goa,

Panaji-Goa.

Application for Empanelment under “Mukhyamantri

Annapurna Yojana”

Name of the Self Help Group: _______________

ii. Village/City: ______________________________

iii. Village Panchayat/Municipality: _____________

iv. Block/Taluka: _____________________________

v. Registration Number/Provisional Registration

Number (Rural Development/GSUDA): ________

vi. Details of Office bearers:

Sr. No.

Name

Designation

ii.

iii.

iv.

vii. FDA details:

FDA License Number

with validity:

* To be provided within 3 months after selection

of the SHG to run the canteen

viii.Bank Details:

Name of the Bank

Name of the Branch

Account Number

IFSC Code

MICR Code

ix. Canteen/Catering experience details:

x. No. of Women SHG member to be involved:

Stamp and Signature of the SHG Office Bearer:

xi. Checklist

a. Application Form

b. Copy of Registration Certificate

(Department of Rural Development/GSUDA)

c. Copy of Bank Pass Book/Bank Statements

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