Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Panaji, 6th February, 2025 (Magha 17, 1946) SERIES I No. 45 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NOTE
There is an Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 44 dated 30-01-2025, namely, Extraordinary dated 5-2-2025
from pages 1933 to 1938, Notifications from Department of Finance regarding the Goa GST (Amendment) Rules, 2025.
INDEX
Department Not./Corri./Ord./Proc. Subject Pages
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1. Agriculture Not.- 3/3/Hort/SSS/2-A/2024- Amendment to SSS- 'Assured Price for 1939
-25/D.Agri/533 Agricultural Produce'.
2. Fisheries Not.- DF/PLG/BUD/2024-2025 Amendment to scheme. 1940
3. Information Not.- DI/INF/79/LCS/2021/ Scheme for Assistance for Purchase of 1941
& Publicity /8492 Laptop/Camera for Journalists, 2021.
GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Agriculture Directorate of Agriculture
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Notification
3/3/Hort/SSS/2-A/2024-25/D.Agri/533
Sub.: Amendment to State Sector Scheme- 'Assured Price for Agricultural Produce'.
Ref.: 1. Notification No. 3/3/Hort/SSS/2/ /2016-17/D.Agri/129 dated 26-07-2016 and published in the Official Gazette of Government of Goa, Series I No. 19 dated 11-08-2016.
2. Notifications No. 3/3/Hor t/SSS/2/ /2020-21/D.Agri/140 dated 18-06-2020, published in the Official Gazette of Government of Goa, Series I No. 13 dated 25-06-2020.
3. Notification No. 3/3/Hort/SSS/2/2020- -21/D.Agri/475 dated 23-11-2020 and published in the Official Gazette of Government of Goa, Series I No. 35 dated 26-11-2020.
4. Notification No. 3/3/Hort/SSS/2/2023- -24/D.Agri/152 dated 30-06-2023, published in the Official Gazette of Government of Goa, Series I No. 14 dated 06-07-2023.
AMENDMENT
Serial No. 4 (ii) (b) will be replaced and
shall be read as below:—
Benefit shall be limited to 100000 nuts per beneficiary for a maximum area of 10 ha. with 1600 bearing coconut trees. The per ha. production of coconut shall be treated as per actual but not more than 10,000 nuts per ha. Farmers having lesser area would be paid proportionate to their area. The rate received by farmers shall be the actual price received or the average minimum rate for the week notified by 'Goa Agricultural Produce & Livestock Marketing Board', Arlem, Raia, Salcete-Goa whichever is higher.
Serial No. 4 (ii) (e) will be replaced and
shall be read as below:—
The average minimum price fixed per coconut will not be less than Rs. 6/- per nut and the maximum assured price to be paid OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 45 6TH FEBRUARY, 2025 to an individual farmers shall not exceed Rs. 9.00 lakhs.
Serial No. 4 (iii) (a) will be replaced and
shall be read as below:—
Benefit of assured price of Rs. 170/ shall be provided to raw cashewnut sold by farmers to the extend of difference between Rs. 170/kg. and the price received per kg. by the farmer. The price received shall be actual price received by sale or average rate for the week notified by the 'Goa Agricultural Produce & Livestock Marketing Board', Arlem, Raia, Salcete-Goa' (GAPLMB) and other societies whichever is higher. In case the rates are not notified for the week by GAPLMB the last rates as notified would be considered as rate of sale in the market.
Serial No. 4 (iii) (b) will be replaced and
shall be read as below:—
Benefit of the scheme shall be provided to maximum of 4000 kgs. per individual cultivator, considering max area of 10 ha. The farmers having less area would be paid assured price proportionate to their area. Minimum quantity that would be considered to avail benefit shall not be less than 50 kg. The area registered under Krishi Card will be considered for extending the benefit of assured price.
Serial No. 4 (iii) (c) will be replaced and
shall be read as below:—
Serial No. 5 (ii) will be replaced and shall
be read as below:—
Zonal Agricultural Officer shall verify the correctness of the claim from office records or actual verification on site and determine the quantity of produce admissible if required. Zonal Agriculture Officer shall verify from the traders records quantum of amount paid online or in a cashless manner for the quantity traded/received for payment of assured price. The bill books will be endorsed only on verification of the quantity traded and online/ /cashless payment made by the traders.
Serial No. 5 (iv) will be replaced and shall
be read as below:—
The expenditure sanction shall be issued by the concerned District Agriculture Officer and subsidy shall be drawn and disbursed by the Zonal Agriculture Officer through a designated bank.
Other contents of the Notification remain the same. This Amendment shall come into force from the date of issue of this Notification.
This issues with the approval of the Government and concurrence of Finance (Exp.) Depar tment vide their U. O. No. 1400098720 dated 05-09-2024.
By order and in the name of the
Governor of Goa.
Sandeep Fol Dessai, Director of Agriculture
& ex officio Joint Secretary.
Tonca-Caranzalem, 31st January, 2025.
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The maximum limit of difference amount between the assured price of Rs. 170/- and the actual sale price below the assured price shall be Rs. 50/kg.
Department of Fisheries
Serial No. 5 (i) will be replaced and shall Directorate of Fisheries
be read as below:—
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Notification
DF/PLG/BUD/2024-2025
The farmer shall apply in prescribed form along with copy of Krishi Card within a period of one year from the date of sale of produce in case of Paddy, Arecanut, Coconut, Cashewnut and Alsando. No case will be considered after lapse of the prescribed time. The traders registered with the Directorate of Agriculture shall purchase the produce and disburse the payment in a cashless manner to the farmer. Online payment receipt, cheque number and date needs to be written on the bill by the trader. Such receipts shall be enclosed to the application form at the time of submission of application for assistance.
Ref.: 1) No. DF/PLG/Bud/2012-13, published in Official Gazette, Series I No. 31 dated 01-11-2012.
2) DF/PLG/Bud/2022-23, published in Official Gazette, Series I No. 35 dated 01-12-2022.
In partial modification of the notification referred above at Sr. No. 1 the clause (vi) sub-clause (a) shall be revised and amended as follows:—
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 45 6TH FEBRUARY, 2025(a) "Financial Assistance for construction
and renovation of farms"
Financial Assistance will be provided as subsidy i.e. 25% subsidy of the cost of construction of new farms/bundhs etc., limited to Rs. 2.00 lakh per hectare. Aquaculture farmers will be eligible for subsidy once in life time".
And in clause (vi) sub-clause (b) shall be
revised and amended as follows:—
(b) "Financial Assistance for purchase of
farming equipments"
50% of the cost limited to Rs. 1.00 lakh per hectare will be provided in the subsidy for purchase of farm equipment's like aerators, pumps, crates, ice boxes, etc. Aquaculture farmers will be eligible for subsidy once in life time.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide their U. O. No. 1400088507 dated 28-01-2025.
By order and in the name of the
Governor of Goa.
Yashaswini B., IAS, Director/ex officio Joint
Secretary (Fisheries).
Panaji, 5th February, 2025.o
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Department of Information and Publicity
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Notification
DI/INF/79/LCS/2021/8492
In exercise of the powers conferred by the Scheme for Assistance for Purchase of LAPTOP/Camera for Journalists, 2021 and all other powers enabling under it, the Government of Goa hereby makes the following amendments to the Assistance for Purchase of LAPTOP/Camera for Journalist, 2021.
1) Existing clause (3)(ii) shall be substituted
as:—
"The Government grant for Computer/ /Laptop/tablet/iPad/Smar tphone is restricted to maximum of Rs. 50,000/-"
For Journalists:
2) Clause 3 (2) (i) and (iii) may be deleted
For Photo Journalists:
3) Clause 3 (2)(ii) may be deleted
4) Existing Clause 4 (a) shall be substituted
as:—
"the Journalist may avail the benefit of the scheme after completing 5 years of deriving benefit of the said scheme and shall be a continuous working Journalist as defined under the scheme."
5) Existing Clause 4(c)(iv) shall be
substituted as:—
"the declaration certificate from the beneficiary/applicant that he/she shall take full responsibility for the maintenance of the computer/laptop/camera/tablet/ /smart phones and the Gover nment/ /Department will not be responsible for any servicing/maintenance/repair.
This issues with the concurrence of the Finance (Exp.) Department vide their U. O. No. 7988/F dated 10-01-2025.
By order and in the name of the
Governor of Goa.
Dipak Bandekar, Director, Information &
Publicity & ex officio Addl. Secy.
Panaji, 24th January, 2025.
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APPLICATION FORM A
For Grant of Computer/Camera under Assistance of Purchase of Laptop/Camera/Smartphone for Journalists, 2021
(Applicable only to the Journalists who have completed 8 years experience or Photo-Journalists who have completed 8 years experience).
1. Name of Journalist/Photo Journalist __________________________________
2. Permanent Postal Address and Mobile No./
/Contact No.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 45 6TH FEBRUARY, 20253. 15 years Domicile certificate from
Mamlatdar of the Taluka he/she resides (Residence Certificate)
4. Name of registered media organization
employed with designation
5. Address of organization
6. Telephone No. of organization
7. Whether working Journalist/Photo
Journalist with evidence
8. No. of years in service in organization
(Evidence from Management to be enclosed)
9. Produce latest pay slip from organization
10. Applied for Laptop/i-pad/note-book/PC/
/tablet/Camera/Smart Phones
11. If the scheme was availed earlier, then the
year in which the scheme was applied
12. Age Proof
Date: Signature
Place:
The proforma duly filled with relevant documents should be submitted to Director, Department of Information and Publicity, Udyog Bhavan, 3rd floor, Panaji.
Note:-
1) Produce two passport size photographs.
2) The type and cost of the laptop/i-pad/note-book/PC/tablet/camera/Smart Phone to be granted will be decided by the Government.
DECLARATION
I, Shri/Smt. ………………………………………… working as……………. resident of ……………………… hereby declare that I have applied for……………. under Goa Scheme for Assistance for Purchase of Laptop/ /Camera/Smartphone for Journalists, 2021.
I further declare that I shall take full responsibility for the maintenance of the computer/laptop/camera/ /tablet/smart phones and the Government/Department will not be responsible for any servicing/ /maintenance/repair.
I further declare that I have availed/not availed of similar benefits in the year ……………….... under any of the scheme of the Department of Information & Publicity.
Sign.:
Name:
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