Goa Gazette, No. 2526-14, 03 July 2025

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Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, ⁰³rd July, ²⁰²⁵ (Ashadha ¹², ¹⁹⁴⁷) SERIES I No. 14

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

INDEX

Department Type

Subject Page No

                 1                              2                                        3                           4
1.    Home                     Not.- 3/13/2024-HD(G)/1653            Guidelines to regulates the installation and   389
                                                                     certification of Fire protection and life
                                                                     safety installation carried out by Licensed
                                                                     agency
2.    Inspectorate of Factories Not.- VI/FAC-6(L-1)Part-1/IFB-25-2   Draft Rules-Goa Factories (Eighteenth          397
      & Boilers                6/880                                 Amendment) Rules, 2025.
3.    New and Renewable        Ord.- 1-1/2025-26/Admn/DNRE/109       Abolition of post.                             402
      Energy
4.    River Navigation         Not.- RND/Accts/Toll Fee/2025-26/5    Toll Fee Collection Rates.                     402
                               90
5.    Town and Country

Not.- 28/4/MPDA/TCP/1228 Planning and Development Authorities

403 Planning

(Officers and Staff) (Fourth Amendment) Recruitment Rules, 2025.

6. Tribal Welfare Not.- DTW/11/HomeNursing/Schem

404 e/9/Amendment/2025-26/1623

Amendment to the scheme of Scholarship to ST students pursuing Home Nursing Courses.

7. Women & Child

406 Development

Not.- 2-104 (12)-2006/DW&CD/336 8

Registration of authorized shelter homes for maximum period of five days.

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Home

Home-General Division

Notification

3/13/2024-HD(G)/1653 Date: 23-Jun-2025 Whereas, the State of Goa currently does not have formal guidelines to regulate the trade or business of supply, installation, and certification of fire protection, fire prevention, and firefighting equipment;

And whereas, it is imperative that such critical life safety systems be installed, maintained, and certified only by qualified professionals to ensure adherence to safety standards;

Now, therefore, the Government of Goa hereby prescribes the following guidelines for the empanelment, licensing, and regulation of Licensed Agencies engaged in third-party audits, installation, and certification of

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] 389OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 fire prevention and protection systems for low-risk and high-risk buildings in the State of Goa as defined in Notification 21/1/TCP/2020/GLDBCR/489 under the Goa Land Development and Building Construction (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 1 dated 07-04-2022.

1) Authorization of Licensed Agencies

a) No person or entity other than a Licensed Agency shall carry out the installation, certification, or auditing of fire prevention and life safety measures in any premises or building.

b) No individual or agency shall issue an audit certificate pertaining to fire safety compliance unless the systems are genuinely compliant, functional, and well-maintained

2) Power to Grant License to act as Licensed Agency

a) The Director, Fire and Emergency Services, Government of Goa may grant any person or association of persons as he thinks fit, a licensee to act as a Licensed Agency for the purposes of conducting Fire Audit and installation of Fire Prevention and Protection Systems.

b) Any person intending to act as Licensed Agency to conduct third-party inspection, shall apply to the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of Goa, in the prescribed form (Annexure-I) for grant or renewal of such license. The application shall be made online on the State Single Window System.

c) On receipt of such application, the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of Goa, may, after holding such inquiry as he deems fit, either grant the license in the prescribed form (Annexure-II) for initial period of three years or renew the same for a like period or, for reasons to be recorded in writing, by order refuse to grant or renew the license.

d) Where the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of Goa, has reason to believe that any person to whom a license has been granted and who failed to comply with the conditions of the license or is unfit by reason of incompetency, misconduct or any other grave reasons, the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of Goa may, after giving to the person a reasonable opportunity to show-cause, for reasons to be recorded in writing, by order suspend or cancel the license (Annexure -III).

e) The Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) shall develop and publish a comprehensive Manual/Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to guide third-party Licensed Agencies in the uniform and effective conduct of fire safety site inspections. This manual shall cover inspection protocols, reporting formats, compliance checklists, and other operational procedures.

3) Eligibility criteria for Licensed Agency

No person or entity shall be granted a license to act as a licensed agency unless they meet the following criteria:

a) At-least any of the following qualifications, namely:—

i) a Degree or Advanced Diploma or Diploma in Fire Engineering awarded by the National Fire Service College, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, or

ii) Fellow of Fire Engineering of the Institution of Fire Engineer (U.K.) or M.I. Fire (U.K.) or A.M.I.F.E. India, Graduateship Examination of the Institution of Fire Engineer (U.K.) or the Institution of Fire Engineers (India) and;

iii) having 3 years post qualification experience in a Fire Service established under law in a position not less than the rank of a Station Fire Officer or equivalent: or in the field of Fire390 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 Protection and engineering including design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Fire safety systems viz., automatic sprinkler system, automatic detection and alarm system, Fire Hydrant System, Manually Operated Fire Alarm system, wet riser/down comer system, Fire Pumps, Smoke management system's etc.

b) or

i) a Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical or Chemical or Civil Engineering from a recognized university; and

ii) experience in executing fire prevention and fire protection system, in high rise buildings/non high rise buildings/industries as laid down in the National Building Code of India, 2016 or the code published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA, USA) 2008 as amended from time to time, or

In case of (b) above, has in his employment for the purpose of execution and supervision of the work relating to fire protection and life safety measures in a building or a project, an officer or supervisory officer holding any of the qualifications mentioned in clause (a), so however that, a degree or diploma in Fire Engineering or any other qualifications in relation to fire protection, prevention and safety measures specified therein shall be an essential qualification.

c) Financial Solvency: Must hold a solvency certificate for an amount as may be specified by the Director with Government approval.

d) Technical Experience: Must have completed relevant projects within the last 3 years.

e) Infrastructure: Must possess required tools, machinery, and equipment in relation to fire prevention and fire protection systems.

f) Legal Standing: Must not be blacklisted by any Government or public agency.

4) Application process and fees

a) Application shall be submitted online in format provided (Annexure I) on the State Single Window System.

b) The prescribed fee and solvency threshold shall depend on jurisdiction as follows:

c) Required documents as may be specified by the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, shall include the following:

i) Solvency certificate

ii) Partnership deep/MoA/Proprietor affidavit

iii) Chattered Accountant certificate

iv) Qualification of key personnel

v) Passport photo of signatories

vi) GST Registration Certificate

vii) Affidavit for non-blacklisting.

5) Registration on State Single Window System

All empanelled third-party Licensed Agencies shall mandatorily register on the State Single Window System (SSWS) to enable digital integration of approval, inspection, and certification processes. The registration shall facilitate:

a) Online assignment of inspection.

b) Upload of reports and compliance data.

c) Status tracking for stakeholders.

d) Online dashboard for third-party agencies to ensure efficiency in timely inspections.

6) Online dashboard for third-party inspections

a) The State shall develop a real-time online dashboard integrated within the State Single Window System to monitor the inspections conducted by third-party Licensed Agencies.

b) The dashboard shall be made publicly accessible and shall display key metrics including the number of inspections conducted, types of buildings audited, status of compliance and performance history of each licensed agency.

7) License conditions

a) The license shall be:

i) Non-transferable

ii) Valid for 1 year (renewable)

iii) Subject to cancellation for non-compliance

iv) Renewable, if so desired, one month prior to expiry.

b) Any change in key personnel or registered address shall be immediately communicated to the DFES.

c) All ongoing or completed work shall remain open for random inspection by DFES or its authorized officers.

8) Renewal of License

a) Renewal applications must be submitted before expiry, with the original registration fee and supporting documents as specified in Section 4, sub-section (c).

9) Enforcement and Penalties

The Director, DFES, reserves the right to suspend or cancel licenses of agencies in case of:

a) Non-compliance with prescribed standards or misconduct

b) Submission of false certificates

c) Negligence or malpractice

Due process shall be followed, including issuance of a show-cause notice in the format prescribed (Annexure III) and opportunity to be heard.

10) Training and Certification of Fire Safety Officers.

To ensure quality control and technical proficiency, the Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services shall:

a) Conduct mandatory training and certification programs for Fire Safety Officers employed by third-party agencies

b) Issue certificates of competency valid for 3 years

c) Maintain a public register of certified officers

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Manesh Hari Kedar, Under Secretary (Home-I).

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ANNEXURE–I

FORM

Application for License to Act as Licensed Agency

To,

__________________

__________________

Sub.:- Grant or renewal of License to act as Licensed Agency for the purposes of the Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services.

Sir,

The undersigned hereby applies for grant of or renewal of License to act as a Licensed Agency for undertaking and executing the work of providing installation of equipments and maintenance of fire prevention and life safety measures in any place, building or port thereof. The particulars regarding the Agency are given below:-

1. Full Name of the Applicant

(In capital letters)

2. Whether Licensed Agency will be a Proprietary Concern or an Association of persons such as a Firm or Company, etc.,393 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 3. Registration No. of Firm or

Company (Copies of Registration Certificate, Article of Association or other relevant document appended)

4. Address

5. If the Licensed Agency will be:-

a) A concern, qualifications the person

same. Proprietary the name, and address of operating the

b) A firm or company, names, qualifications

and addresses of each of the partners, or as the case may be, Directors.

6. Office address from where the

Agency will act as a Licensed Agency:-

7. Class for which License is applied for:-

8. Personnel with the Agency:-

a) Supervisory staff names qualifications

and addresses of each.

b) Other employees-names, qualifications

and addresses of each.

9. Details of work with regard to:

Fire Prevention and life safety measures, if any, undertaken and executed previously:-

a) Name or nature of work

b) Approximate cost of work

c) Whether the work executed or still in progress and remains to be executed.

(Note:- Original or attested copies of Certificate verification of above details by the officers under whom works are carried out are attached).

10. Technical qualifications and experience of the proprietor or partners of directors and dealing technical officers or employees of or with the applicant.

11. Workshop machinery, tools and plant owned by

the applicant, (location and site of workshops and full details to be given).

12. Whether enlisted with any other department

or Organization in any other State. If so, in which category:-

a) Has the applicant or his partners or Directors

been blacklisted in the post by any Government Department/Organization/Other State?

b) Has the applicant applied for registration elsewhere in his name or in the names of partner, Director or firm or company? If so, whether the application is rejected? Give particulars.

13. Whether the applicant has: produced up to date Income tax certificate.

14. Amount of solvency certificate, which the applicant has held or produced.

15. A fee of Rs. _______________ remitted

herewith by Demand Draft No.______________ dt.:________________ Drawn Bank

16. If the application is for renewal of the existing

license, the details in respect of the license and the period of its validity (copy of the license appended).

17. Whether, the license to act as: Licensed Agency

granted any time previously has been suspended or cancelled; and if so, reasons there for.

I/We certify that, I We have not been and will not get myself or ourselves registered as contractor in the department under more than one name.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(Applicant)

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ANNEXURE–II (A)

Licence to act as a Licensed Agency for implementing Fire Protection and Life Safety Measures.

Licence No. ____________

Date: ____________

Licence is hereby granted/renewed for implementing Fire Protection and Life Safety Measures to M/s. ___________________________________________________ having their registered office at _________________________________________ to act as a Licensed Agency for execution of the Fire Protection and Life Safety Measures in relation to __________________ in class___________. The licence will be valid for a period from__________ to ____________.

Director

Fire & Emergency Services395 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025

ANNEXURE–II (B)

FORM

Six monthly certificate to be given in every January and July by the owner or the occupier for

compliance of the Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures.

CERTIFICATE

Certified that I/We have carried out inspection of the Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures installed in the following building or premises, namely* :-

_______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

I/We further certify that, these installation in the above mentioned buildings are maintained in good repair and efficient conditions during the period ________________ as required. The details of the inspection of installation carried out by me/us are mentioned in the report appended herewith.

Place:

Signature and Address of the Licensed Agency.

Date:

License No.

[*Note- Detailed location and postal addresses are to be provided here].

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ANNEXURE–III

FORM

Notice to show cause as to why License granted or renewed to act as a Licensed Agency be not

suspended or cancelled

To,

__________________

__________________

Where a License to act as a Licensed Agency for the purposes of the Goa Fire Force Act, 1986 and Rule, 1996, being a license No. ___________________ dated _________________ has been granted or renewed in the name of and the license so granted or renewed was subject to the provisions of the said Act and the conditions of license.

Whereas, it is noticed that you are guilty of the following acts, namely:-

(1)

(2)

(3)

And whereas, these acts amount to ________________________

Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred on me I, hereby call upon you to show cause in writing so as to reach the undersigned by on as to why the license so granted or renewed in your favour should not be suspended or cancelled.

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Inspectorate of Factories & Boilers

Notification

VI/FAC-6(L-1)Part-1/IFB-25-26/880 Date: 01-Jul-2025

The following draft rules which the Government of Goa proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 112 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), so as to further amend the Goa Factories Rules, 1985, are hereby pre-published as required by Section 115 of the said Act for information of all the persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft Rules will be taken into consideration by the Government after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date of publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette.

All objections and suggestions to the said draft rules may be forwarded to the Secretary (Factories and Boilers), Government of Goa, Secretariat, Porvorim before the expiry of the said period of forty-five days so that they may be taken into consideration at the time of finalization of the said draft Rules.

DRAFT RULES

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 112 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948) and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Government of Goa hereby makes the following rules so as to further amend the Goa Factories Rules, 1985, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Goa Factories (Eighteenth Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 131.— In rule 131 of the Goa Factories Rules, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Rules"),

(i) after sub-rule (7), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—

"(8) Notwithstanding the provisions specified in the Schedules to this rule, the occupier and the manager shall provide adequate safeguards prior to the employment of women except for pregnant women and lactating mother, in the dangerous manufacturing processes or operations specified in the Schedules to this rule, so as to ensure their safety and health."397 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 (ii) In paragraph 3 of Schedule II, for the word "woman", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(iii) In paragraph 3 of Schedule III, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(iv) In paragraph 3 of Schedule IV, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(v) In paragraph 3 of Schedule VI, for the word "women", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(vi) In paragraph 1 of Schedule VII, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(vii) In second proviso to paragraph 2 of Schedule VIII, for the word "woman", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(viii) In paragraph 3 of Schedule X, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(ix) In paragraph 6 of Schedule XI, for the word "women", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(x) In paragraph 65 of Schedule XII, for the word "women", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xi) In paragraph 2 of Schedule XVI, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xii) In paragraph 15 of Schedule XVIII, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xiii) In paragraph 6 of Schedule XIX, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xiv) In paragraph 5 of Schedule XX, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xv) In paragraph 6 of Schedule XXI, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs, the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xvi) In paragraph 8 of Schedule XXIII, for the words "women" and "woman", wherever they occurs the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xvii) In paragraph 9 of Schedule XXIV, for the word "women", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted;

(xviii) In paragraph 9 of Schedule XXVIII, for the word "women", the words "pregnant women, lactating mother" shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of Form- 0-1.— In Form- 0-1 of the principal Rules, after clause 1, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"1.a. Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

4. Amendment of Form- 0-2.— In Form- 0-2 of the principal Rules, after clause 1, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"1.a. Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

5. Amendment of Form- 0-4.— In Form- 0-4 of the principal Rules, after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(1.a) Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

6. Amendment of Form-0-5.— In Form-0-5 of the principal Rules, after clause (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: -

"(1.a) Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

7. Amendment of Form No. 1.— In Form No. 1 of the principal Rules,—

(i) after sub-clause (a) of clause (2), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(a.1) Permanent Account Number (PAN)";

(ii) after sub-clause (a) of clause (3), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(a.1) Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

8. Amendment of Form No. 2.— In Form No. 2 of the principal Rules,

(i) sub-clause "(a)" of clause 2 shall be re-numbered as "(a) (i)";

(ii) after item (e) of sub-clause (a) (i) of clause 2, the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(a) (ii)" Permanent Account Number (PAN)";

(iii) after item (iii) of sub-clause (b) of clause 2, the following item shall be inserted, namely:—

"(iv)" Permanent Account Number (PAN)";

(iv) clause 4 shall be substituted as clause "4 (i)";

(v) after clause 4 (i), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(ii)" Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

9. Substitution of Form No. 3.— For Form No. 3 of the principal Rules, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-

"FORM No. 3

(See rule 9)

Application for Renewal of Licence

Registration No.:……………………… Licence No.: GOA /………………….

NIC code No. (as given in the license) : …………………………………….

1. Full name of the factory : ………………………………………………...

………………………………………………...

………………………………………………...

2. Permanent Account Number (PAN) : ………………………………………………...

3. Full postal address of the factory : ………………………………………………...

………………………………………………...

………………………………………………...

4. Maximum number of workers employed on any day in the last 12 months

: ………………………………………………...

5. Number of workers ordinarily employed (means the total number of workers working in all the shifts which should be over 50% of the working days in the factory) : ………………………………………………...

6. Maximum number of workers to be

employed on any day during the year : ………………………………………………...

7. Installed power in H.P.

: ………………………………………………...

8. Calendar year for which renewal of

licence is applied for : ………………………………………………...

UNDERTAKING

I/We, the undersigned, being the Occupier and the Manager of the factory named at Sr. No. 1 and situated as mentioned at Sr. No. 3 above, duly appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948) and the rules made there under, hereby declare that there is no increase in the maximum number of workers employed on any day, there is no increase in installed power and there is no change/addition/deletion in the manufacturing process of the said factory as specified in the license, including the names and quantity of the raw material used, intermediate products, finished products, bye products, as declared earlier and that I/we hereby undertake to obtain approval of plans in accordance with rule 3 and/or to amend the factory license in accordance with rule 8, if there is any increase in maximum number400 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 of workers employed on any day and/or increase in installed power and/or change/addition/deletion in the manufacturing process as declared.

Signature of the Occupier : ………………………………………………...

Full Name (in block letters) : ………………………………………………...……………

Permanent residential address : ………………………………………………...……………

………………………………………………...……………

………………………………………………...……………

………………………………………………...……………

Telephone No.:..………………………. Mobile No.:……………………………..

E-mail id:…………………………………………………………………………….

Permanent Account Number (PAN) : ……………………………………………..

Signature of the Manager : ………………………………………………………

Full Name (in block letters) : ………………………………………………………………

Permanent residential address ………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………

Telephone No.:……………………….. Mobile No.:……………………………..

E-mail id:…………………………………………………………………………….

Permanent Account Number (PAN) : ……………………………………………...

Dated:…………………

_________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE:

(1) This form should be completed in block letters.".

10. Amendment of Form No. 5.— In Form No. 5 of the principal Rules, after the sub-clause (c) of clause 3, the following sub-clauses shall be inserted, namely:—

"(d) Mobile Number;

(e) Email id;

(f) Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

11. Amendment of Form No. 15 A.— In Form No. 15 A of the principal Rules,—

(i) clause "1" shall be re-numbered as clause "1.1".

(ii) after the clause 1.1, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"1.2 Permanent Account Number (PAN)".

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Anant S. Pangam, Chief Inspector (Factories and Boilers) & ex officio Joint Secretary.

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Department of New and Renewable Energy

Order

1-1/2025-26/Admn/DNRE/109 Date: 30-Jun-2025 Sanction of the Government is hereby accorded to abolish 1 No. of Scientific Officer post created vide order No. 1-1/2020/Admn/DNRE/83 dated 30-06-2022 in the Department of New and Renewable Energy.

This issues with approval of Administrative Reforms Department vide U.O. No. 3121/F dated 18-11-2022 and concurrence of Finance Department vide U.O. No. 2569/F dated 17-06-2025.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Shri Sohan A. Uskaikar, GCS, Director, New & Renewable Energy ex officio Jt. Secretary.

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Department of River Navigation

Notification

RND/Accts/Toll Fee/2025-26/590 Date: 01-Jul-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 4 of the Goa Ferries Act, 1990 (Goa Act 9 of 1990) and with reference to previous Notifications dated 03-11-2023 & 16-11-2023 following Toll Fee Collection Rates have been approved by the Government for Ribandar-Chodan Route.

The Government of Goa hereby fixes the rates of toll fee and monthly passes for various ferry routes plying in the State of Goa as specified in the Scheduled hereto with effect from 07-07-2025 with respect to Ribandar Chodan Route.

All other Rates of Toll fee Collection with respect to other Ferry Routes remain unchanged.

SCHEDULE

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Octavio Rodrigues, Captain of Ports/ex. officio Jt. Secretary (River Navigation Department). ..................................................................................

Department of Town and Country Planning

Notification

28/4/MPDA/TCP/1228 Date: 02-Jul-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975), read with rule 7 of the Goa Town and Country Planning (Planning and Development Authorities) Rules, 1977, the Government of Goa hereby makes the following rules so as to further amend the Planning and Development Authorities (Officers and Staff) Recruitment Rules, 1987, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Planning and Development Authorities (Officers and Staff) (Fourth Amendment) Recruitment Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of Schedule.— In the Planning and Development Authorities (Officers and Staff) Recruitment Rules, 1987, in the Schedule against serial number and the post, "11 Head Clerk"—

(i) in column number 3, for the existing entry, the following shall be substituted, namely:— "Group C";

(ii) in column number 4, for the existing entry, the following shall be substituted, namely:— "Level 6";

(iii) in column number 11, for the existing entry, the following shall be substituted, namely:— "By Promotion: i) 75% from the Upper Division Clerks with three years regular service in the grade ii) 25 % from the Junior Stenographers with three years regular service in the grade."403 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 03RD JULY, 2025 (iv) in column number 12, for the existing entry, the following shall be substituted, namely:— "By Group 'C' D.P.C./ D.S.C. consists of—

I) Chief Town Planner (TCP)/HOD – Chairman

II) Chief Town Planner (Administration) – Member

III) Member Secretary of P.D.A.– Member.

(v) The amendment to the Recruitment Rules shall be applicable to the Mormugao Planning and Development Authority, North Goa Planning and Development Authority and South Goa Planning and Development Authority.

By order and in name of the Governor of Goa.

Vertika Dagur, Chief Town Planner (Administration/Planning), Panaji–Goa.

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Department of Tribal Welfare

Directorate of Tribal Welfare

Notification

DTW/11/HomeNursing/Scheme/9/Amendment/2025-26/1623 Date: 30-Jun-2025

Whereas, the Government has notified a "Scheme of Scholarship to ST students pursuing Home Nursing Courses" vide notification No. 1/12/2010-11-ADMN/TW dated 15-09-2010 and amended vide notification No. DTW/11/Home Nursing/Scheme/9/Amendment/2017-18/7684 dated 09-01-2018.

And whereas, Government desires to amend clause 5, 6, 8 & 9 of the "Scheme of Scholarship to ST students pursuing Home Nursing Courses" in public interest.

Now therefore, the clause 5, 6, 8 & 9 of the "Scheme of Scholarship to ST students pursuing Home Nursing Courses" is amended to read as under:-

5. Procedure for Applying.— The applications for the stipend/scholarship under the scheme shall be applied online in the prescribed form on CM Scholarship Portal (https://cmscholarship.gov.in). Application shall be complete in all respects and shall be submitted on the CM Scholarship Portal after registration by the applicants and shall be forwarded to the Directorate of Tribal Welfare on the Portal. Each fresh application shall be accompanied by the following documents uploaded on the portal:-

1) Passport size Photograph.

2) Scheduled Tribe Certificate issued by the Competent Authority.

3) Income Certificate issued by Competent Authority.

4) Previous year marksheet.

5) Bank Pass Book.

6) Aadhar Card

For Renewal Students:-

The application for renewal of stipend/scholarship shall be applied online in the prescribed form, along with following documents:

1) Income Certificate issued by Competent Authority.

2) Previous year marksheet.

3) Bank Pass Book (In case of change in Bank details of the student).

6. Rate of Scholarship.— Rate of Scholarship will be under:

Sr. No. Type of Financial Assistance Quantum of Financial Assistance

1. Course fees (I) For Certificate courses of duration six months but less than twelve months Rs. 7,000/- or actual, whichever is less

(II) For Diploma Courses of duration one year or more.

Rs. 10,000/- or actual, whichever is less

(III) For Degree in nursing of duration three years. Rs. 20,000/- or actual, whichever is less

(IV) For Health Worker Course of duration one year.

Rs. 7,000/- or actual, whichever is less.

2. Maintenance Allowance Day Scholar

Rs. 1000/- p.m.

Hosteller Rs. 1600/- p.m.

In addition to above Scholarship/Maintenance Allowance; A onetime additional amount shall also be provided to the eligible students towards the expenditure to be incurred on Books, Uniform, Stationery etc. shown below:

Sr. No. Course Quantum of Financial Assistance 1. Certificate Courses of duration Six months but less

Rs. 2,000/-

than twelve months

2. Diploma Courses of duration one year or more Rs. 4,000/-

3. Degree in Nursing of duration three years Rs. 6,000/-

4. Health Worker Course of duration one year Rs. 4,000/-

8. Sanctioning Authority.— Director of Tribal Welfare shall sanction the amount of benefit under the scheme. Amount of benefit shall be transferred to the Student through Direct Benefit Transfer.

9. Monitoring of the scheme.— All issues relating to eligibility, operationalization of the scheme or situation not envisaged at the time of formulation of the scheme, would be resolved by the monitoring committee, whose decision will be final.

The Monitoring Committee is consisting of:—

1. Secretary, Tribal Welfare, Chairman.

2. Joint Secretary, Finance, Member.

3. Director, Technical Education, Member.

4. Director, Tribal Welfare, Member.

All other Clauses in the above mentioned scheme remain unchanged.

This amendment shall come into force w.e.f. the academic year 2025-26 onwards.

This is issues with the administrative approval of the Government vide U.O No. 1276/F dated 01-06-2025 and Concurrence of the Finance (Exp) Department vide U.O No. 1400044817 dated 21-06-2025.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Dipak S. Desai, Director & ex. officio Joint Secretary (Tribal Welfare).

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Department of Women & Child Development

Directorate of Women and Child Development

Notification

2-104 (12)-2006/DW&CD/3368 Date: 30-Jun-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter called as the 'Act') the Government of Goa hereby register the following homes as authorized shelter homes for maximum period of 5 days.

North Goa

1. One Stop Centre, North Goa, Apna Ghar, Merces-Goa.

South Goa

1. One Stop Centre, South Goa, C-3-6, Junta Quarters, Pajifond, Margao-Goa.

This Notification shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

This issues with approval of the Government vide No. 2812/F dated 24-06-2025.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Jyoti Desai, Director & ex-officio Jt. Secretary (Women and Child Development).

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