EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Education

Directorate of Higher Education

Notification

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 1^st 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

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

in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 1 dated 03-04-2025, the Government of Goa hereby exempts the motor

vehicles specified in column (2) of the Table below, which are registered against submission of “Certificate

of Deposit” of the scrapped vehicles, from the payment of tax leviable under the said Act to the extent as

specified against the corresponding entries in column (3) of the Table below:

2/91/Goa State Pvt Uni.Bill/DHE/2020/6162

Date : 03-Oct-2025

D.Tpt/EST/3041/2022/2702

Date : 07-Oct-2025

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]

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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.

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