Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Panaji, 11th September, 2025 (Bhadra 20, 1947) SERIES I No. 24
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Note: There are three Extraordinary issues and one Supplement to the Official Gazette Series I No. 23 dated 04-09-2025 as
follows:-
1. Extraordinary dated 4-9-2025 from pages 937 to 940 regarding The Retired Chief Justices and Judges Domestic Help and
Other Benefits Rules, 2025 from Department of Law and Judiciary.
2. Supplement dated 5-9-2025 from pages 941 to 994 regarding Notification from Goa Medical College.
3. Extraordinary (No. 2) dated 8-9-2025 from pages 995 to 1002 regarding The Goa Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2025 and The
Goa Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2025 from Department of Law, 2025.
4. Extraordinary (No. 3) dated 9-9-2025 from pages 1003 to 1006 regarding The Goa Suits Valuation Act, 2025 from Department
of Law.
INDEX
Department Type
Subject Page No
1 2
3 4 1. Agriculture Not.- 3/Crops & PP/AADHAR AC
1007 T/54/2025-26/D.Agri/747
State Sector Scheme- Promotion of Sri Anna Millets cultivation in the State of Goa.
2. Agriculture Not.- 3/Crops & PP/AADHAR AC
1010 T/54/2025-26/D.Agri/748
State Sector Scheme- Assistance towards Sugarcane supplied by the Sugarcane Growers.
3. Department of
Not.- 3/8/2025-IND/207 Declaration of Investment Promotion Area 1012 Industries
in respect to the project proposal of M/s. Express Machines & Scaffolding Private Ltd.
1015 4. Rural Development Not.- DRDA-N/10/MGNREGS/25- 26
Enhancement of wage rate to 378/- under MGNREGS
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Agriculture
Directorate of Agriculture
Notification
3/Crops & PP/AADHAR ACT/54/2025-26/D.Agri/747 Date : 09-Sep-2025
Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency, and enables
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] 1007OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly in a convenient and seamless manner by obviating the need to produce multiple documents to prove one's identity;
And whereas, the Directorate of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is implementing the Scheme called "Promotion of Sri Anna-Millets cultivation in the State of Goa"(hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to (i) promote the cultivation of millets and enhance the area and production of millets in the State, (ii) bring fallow areas under cultivation of millets, (iii) promote optimum use of inputs such as quality seeds, fertilizers, etc. to enhance productivity of millets and (iv) make the cultivation more economically viable activity.
And whereas, under the Scheme, assistance @ Rs. 20,000/- per hectare as incentive for cultivation of all types of millets (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Farmer cultivating millets on minimum 500 sq. mt area and maximum 2.0 Ha area on own land or tenanted/leased/contract or inherited land (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Directorate of Agriculture as per the extant Scheme guidelines;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of State of Goa.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Goa hereby notifies the following, namely:—
1. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.
(2) Any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per Section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
(3) As per regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Department is required to offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in case there is no Aadhaar enrolment centre located in the respective Block or Taluka or Tehsil, the Department shall provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:
Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the individual, benefits under the Scheme shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:—
(a) if he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and
(b) any one of the following documents, namely:—
(i) Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or
(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or
(iii) Passport; or OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 (iv) Ration Card; or (v) Voter Identity Card; or (vi) MGNREGA card; or
(vii) Kisan Photo passbook; or
(viii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); or
(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or
(x) any other document as specified by the Department:
Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated by the Department for that purpose.
2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through the media shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.
3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:—
(a) in case of poor fingerprint quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department shall make provisions for iris scanners or face authentication along with finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits in seamless manner;
(b) in case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or face authentication is not successful, wherever feasible and admissible authentication by Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password with limited time validity, as the case may be, shall be offered;
(c) in all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department.
4. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his due benefits, the Department shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Office Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated 19th December, 2017.
5. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
By order and in the name of Governor of Goa.
Sandeep Fol Dessai, Director & ex officio Joint Secretary (Agriculture).
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025Notification
3/Crops & PP/AADHAR ACT/54/2025-26/D.Agri/748 Date : 09-Sep-2025
Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency, and enables beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly in a convenient and seamless manner by obviating the need to produce multiple documents to prove one's identity;
And whereas, the Directorate of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is implementing the Scheme called "Assistance towards Sugarcane supplied by the Sugarcane Growers" (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to assist the Sugarcane Growers to take up sugarcane cultivation in the State of Goa.
And whereas, under the Scheme, financial assistance as per Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) fixed by the National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Ltd., New Delhi, from time to time for sugarcane cultivated and supplied to Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited, Dharbandora (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Farmer having krishicard (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Directorate of Agriculture as per the extant Scheme guidelines;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of State of Goa.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Goa hereby notifies the following, namely:—
1. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.
(2) Any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per Section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
(3) As per regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Department is required to offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in case there is no Aadhaar enrolment centre located in the respective Block or Taluka or Tehsil, the Department shall provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:
Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the individual, benefits under the Scheme shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:—
(a) if he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and
(b) any one of the following documents, namely:—
(i) Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or
(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 (iii) Passport; or (iv) Ration Card; or (v) Voter Identity Card; or
(vi) MGNREGA card; or
(vii) Kisan Photo passbook; or
(viii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988); or
(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or
(x) any other document as specified by the Department:
Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated by the Department for that purpose.
2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through the media shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.
3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:—
(a) in case of poor fingerprint quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department shall make provisions for iris scanners or face authentication along with finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits in seamless manner;
(b) in case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or face authentication is not successful, wherever feasible and admissible authentication by Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password with limited time validity, as the case may be, shall be offered;
(c) in all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department.
4. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his due benefits, the Department shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Office Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated 19th December, 2017.
5. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
By order and in the name of Governor of Goa.
Sandeep Fol Dessai, Director & ex officio Joint Secretary (Agriculture).
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025Department of Industries
Notification
3/8/2025-IND/207 Date : 04-Sep-2025
Whereas, the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") received an application dated 08-10-2024 from M/s. Express Machines & Scaffolding Private Limited to expand its operation by setting up of new warehouse in the areas as specified in the Schedules hereto (hereinafter referred to as the "said area") which is it's privately owned land (hereinafter referred to as the "said Project");
And whereas, the Board granted in-principle approval for the said Project and recommended to the Government to declare the said area to be an Investment Promotion Area;
And whereas, the Government accepted the said recommendation of the Board and vide Proclamation No. 3/8/2025-IND/117 dated 13-05-2025, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 8 dated 22-05-2025 and in local newspaper viz. "Bhaangarbhuin" dated 15-05-2025 (hereinafter referred to as the "said Proclamation") the Government proposed to,—
(a) declare the said area to be an Investment Promotion Area in terms of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 42 of the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation of Single Window Clearance Act, 2021 (Goa Act 19 of 2021) (hereinafter referred to as the "said Act");
(b) appoint the Chief Executive Officer, Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board, for the purpose of the assessment and recovery of house tax, other taxes, fees and all other types of dues as per the provisions of law in force, in terms of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 42 of the said Act;
(c) declare that the provisions of any State law relating to local authorities providing for control or erection of buildings, levy and collection of taxes, fees and other dues to the local authority which is in force in the said area shall cease to apply and thereupon such provisions shall cease to apply thereof and that the Municipal Corporation or the Municipality or the Village Panchayat which were receiving house tax, other taxes or fees from the occupants in the said area under their respective laws, shall be compensated by the Government to the extent of the last financial year's collection of such house tax, other taxes or fees for a period of five years in terms of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 42 of the said Act;
(d) authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the Board for the purpose of exercising all the powers, such as, levy and collection of taxes, fees and other dues in respect of local authorities which are in force in the said area, in terms of clauses (b) and (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 42 of the said Act. House tax, other taxes, fees and all other types of dues so collected by the Chief Executive Officer of the Board in respect of the said area, shall be deposited with the Government immediately by the Chief Executive Officer of the Board after such collection under Budget Head:—
0851 — Village and Small Industries
00 — ---
101 — Industrial Estates
03-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – Conversion Sanad Fees
04-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – Infrastructure Tax
05-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – House Tax; and OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 (e) authorize the Planning, Development and Construction Committee appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 43 of the said Act, for exercising all the powers, such as control or erection of building, etc.
(hereinafter collectively called the "said proposal") and invited all persons who entertain any objections to the said proposal to submit the same in writing with reasons therefor to the Director of Industries, Trade and Commerce, Government of Goa, Panaji, Goa, within a period of one month from the date of publication of said Proclamation in the Official Gazette;
And whereas, the said Official Gazette was made available to the public on 22-05-2025;
And whereas, no objections are received by the Director of Industries, Trade and Commerce, Government of Goa, Panaji, Goa on the said proposal within the said period.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 42 of the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation of Single Window Clearance Act, 2021 (Goa Act 19 of 2021), the Government of Goa hereby,—
(a) declares whole of the said area as specified in the Schedule hereto to be an Investment Promotion Area;
(b) appoints the Chief Executive Officer of the Board for the purpose of the assessment and recovery of house tax, other taxes, fees and all other types of dues imposed as per the provisions of law in force;
(c) declares that the provisions of any State law relating to local authorities providing for control or erection of buildings, levy and collection of taxes, fees and other dues to the local authority which is in force in the said area shall cease to apply and that the Municipal Corporation or the Municipal Council or the Village Panchayat which were receiving house tax, other taxes or fees from the occupants in the said area under their respective laws, shall be compensated by the Government to the extent of the last financial year's collection of such house tax, other taxes or fees for a period of five years;
(d) authorizes the Chief Executive Officer of the Board for the purpose of exercising all the powers, such as levy and collection of taxes, fees and other dues in respect of local authorities which are in force in the said area. House tax, other taxes, fees and all other types of dues so collected in respect of said area, shall be deposited with the Government immediately by the Chief Executive Officer of the Board after such collection under the Budget Head:—
0851 — Village and Small Industries
00 — ---
101 — Industrial Estates
03-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – Conversion Sanad Fees
04-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – Infrastructure Tax
05-00 — Goa Investment Promotion Board – House Tax; and
(e) authorizes the Planning, Development and Construction Committee appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 43 of the said Act, for exercising all the powers, such as control or erection of building, etc. in the said area.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025SCHEDULE "A"
(a) Area : 1,205 sq. mtrs.
(b) Village : Loutolim
(c) Taluka : Salcete
(d) Survey No. : 255/2-B
(e) Field : Racool
(f) Boundaries :
North : 10 mts., proposed road for the owners of Survey No. 334,
Survey No. 255,
South : By Survey No. 255/2 (part),
East : By Survey No. 334/3,
West : By Survey No. 257 (GIDC Road).
SCHEDULE "B"
(a) Area : 1,178 sq. mtrs.
(b) Village : Loutolim
(c) Taluka : Salcete
(d) Survey No. : 255/2-C
(e) Field : Racool
(f) Boundaries :
North : By Survey No. 255/2 (part),
South : By Survey No. 256,
East : By Survey No. 255/2 (part),
West : By Survey No. 257 (GIDC Road).
SCHEDULE "C"
(a) Area : 10,905 sq.mtrs.
(b) Village : Loutolim
(c) Taluka : Salcete
(d) Survey No. : 255/2-D
(e) Field : Racool
(f) Boundaries :
North : By property surveyed under Survey No. 255/2 (part),
South : By property surveyed under Survey No. 255/2-C,
East : By property surveyed under Survey No. 334/3 (part) and 255/2
(part),
West : By property surveyed under Survey No. 257 and GIDC Road.
This Notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
Amalia O.F. Pinto, Under Secretary (Industries).
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 24 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025Department of Rural Development & RDA
District Rural Development Agency
Notification
DRDA-N/10/MGNREGS/25-26 Date : 08-Sep-2025
Read: F.No. J-11011/1/2020-RE-III dated 27th March, 2025
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005, the Central Government has enhanced the wage rate from Rs. 356/- to Rs. 378/- per day to the job seekers for unskilled manual work for the State of Goa vide Notification No. S.O.1463 (E) published in the Gazette of India Part II- Section 3, sub-section (ii) dated 27th March, 2025.
In view of the above enhancement of wages under MGNREGA for the State of Goa, the wage rate of Rs. 356/- to be read as Rs. 378/- per day for jobseekers for unskilled manual work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with effect from 1st April, 2025.
By order & in the name of the Governor of Goa.
Premraj K. Shirodkar, Project Director & ex officio, Joint Secretary (R.D.).
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