PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Education
Directorate of Higher Education
Notification
2/91/Goa State Pvt Uni.Bill/DHE/2020/6162 Date : 03-Oct-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Goa Private Universities (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Goa Act 22 of 2025), the Government of Goa hereby appoints the 1st day of October, 2025, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
Safal Shetye, Under Secretary (Higher Education).
Porvorim.
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Department of Transport
Directorate of Transport
Notification
D.Tpt/EST/3041/2022/2702 Date : 07-Oct-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 11 of the Goa Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1974 (Act 8 of 1974) read with Rule 51A of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and in supersession of the Government Notification No. D.Tpt/EST/3041/2022/857 dated 01-04-2025, published OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 27 (EXTRAORDINARY) 07TH OCTOBER, 2025 TABLE
| Sr. No. | Class of motor vehicles | Extent of tax exemption |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | Transport vehicle | Fifteen per cent of tax leviable or rupees seventy- five thousand, whichever is lower. |
| 2. | Motor vehicle other than transport vehicle | Twenty-five per cent of tax leviable or rupees seventy -five thousand, whichever is lower. |
| 3 | BS I Norms vehicles All Transport and Non-Transport Vehicles | Fifty per cent of tax leviable or rupees seventy- five thousand, whichever is lower. |
| 4 | BS II Norms vehicles Medium goods and heavy motor vehicles & medium and heavy passenger's vehicles only | Fifty per cent of tax leviable or rupees seventy- five thousand, whichever is lower. |
Note: (1) The term "Certificate of Deposit" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Clause (c) of sub-rule (1) of the Rule 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021
(2) The above tax exemption shall be available upto eight years, in case of transport vehicles, and upto fifteen years, in case of motor vehicles other than transport vehicles and there shall be no exemption in the motor vehicle tax in case of transport vehicles, after eight years, and, in case of motor vehicle other than transport vehicles, after fifteen years.
(3) For the purposes of this Notification, periods specified in note (2) above shall be reckoned from the date of first registration in both cases.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
P. Pravimal Abhishek, I.A.S, Director of Transport/ex officio Addl. Secretary (Transport).
Panaji.