Note: There are four Extraordinary issues to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 41 dated 8-1-2026 as follows:-

1. Extraordinary dated 8-1-2026 from pages 2067 to 2072 regarding High Court of Bombay Rules for Video Conferencing for

Courts (Amendment) Rules, 2025 from Department of Law.

2. Extraordinary (No. 2) dated 9-1-2026 from pages 2073 to 2078 regarding Bombay High Court Service of Processes by

Electronic Mail Services (Civil Proceedings) (Amendment) Rules, 2025 from Department of Law.

3. Extraordinary (No. 3) dated 9-1-2026 from pages 2079 to 2082 regarding Framing of monthly lottery Scheme from

Department of Finance.

4. Extraordinary (No. 4) dated 14-1-2026 from pages 2083 to 2084 regarding Regulations from Goa Staff Selection Commission.

INDEX

Department

Type

Subject

Page No

Education

Not.- Dev/GEDC/OTS/203/2025/87

OTS for providing relief to the Interest

Free Education Loan Beneficiaries from

payment of Penal Interest.

2086

Education

Corr.- GBSHSE/ACAD/2026/56

Corrigendum

2088

Empowerment of

Persons with

Disabilities

Not.- 1/75/2024-25-DEPwD/Sch/A

men/Stipend/1196

The Grant of Stipend to Students with

Disabilities.

2088

Handicrafts, Textile

and Coir

Not.- 6/1/2025-HT&C/168

Eligibility criteria under Section 7 of the

Aadhar Act, 2016 (Vishwakarma Kaushal

Yojana).

2091

Handicrafts, Textile

and Coir

Not.- 6/1/2025-HT&C/169

Eligibility criteria under Section 7 of the

Aadhar Act, 2016 (Swavalamban Yojana

for Handicrafts Artisans).

2095

Home

Not.- 19/2/2025-HD(G)/44

Objectives, broad functions and the

facilities for ANTF.

2099

Law

Ord.- 14/23/2022-LD(Estt.)/127

Upgradation of pay scale of Group 'C' and

'D' employees of High Court of Bombay at

Goa.

2102

Law

Not.- 12/06/2015-LD/Estt./(Part-I)/1

Retired Chief Justices and Judges

Domestic help and other Benefits

(Amendment) Rules, 2025.

2104

Personnel

Not.- 1/15/2025-PER

RR's- the Directorate of Mines & Geology.

2104

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

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

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, 15th January, 2026 (Pausa 25, 1947)

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

10.

Personnel

Not.- 1/8/2025-PER

RR's- the Goa College of Veterinary and

Animal Sciences.

2107

11.

Personnel

Not.- 1/21/87-PER (Vol. III)

RR's- the Directorate of Education.

2111

12.

Women and Child

Development

Ord.- 2-104(8)2019/DWCD/8368

Assigning of Cases.

2115

13.

Women and Child

Development

Not.- 2-104(8)2019/DWCD/8165

Assigning of Cases.

2115

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Education

Directorate of Higher Education

Notification

Government of Goa is pleased to notify the One Time Scheme for providing relief to the Interest Free

Education Loan Beneficiaries from payment of Penal Interest. The scheme shall be effective from the 1st

day of the subsequent month from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

One Time Scheme for providing relief to the Interest Free Education Loan Beneficiaries from

payment of Penal Interest.

1. Introduction.— The Goa Education Development Corporation (GEDC) has been implementing the

Interest Free Education Loan (IFEL) Scheme for Higher Education, since the year 2005. The Scheme, has

generally been successful in meeting its objective to promote pursuit of higher education and technical

education by younger population of Goa. Overall, the large number of beneficiaries financed under the

Scheme have repaid or are in the process of repaying their loan regularly. However, there are several others

who have not repaid their loan and therefore have been charged penal interest as per the norms of the IFEL

scheme. Government of Goa has decided to provide relief to such beneficiaries by introducing the “One

Time Scheme for providing relief to the Interest Free Education Loan beneficiaries from payment of Penal

Interest.”

2. Short title and commencement.— The Scheme shall be named as “One Time Scheme for providing

relief to the Interest Free Education Loan Beneficiaries from payment of Penal Interest”.

The Scheme shall come into force from the 1st day of the subsequent month from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette and shall remain in force for a period of 6 months.

3. Objective.— The objective of the Scheme is to provide relief to the IFEL beneficiaries who have not

repaid their loan and therefore have been charged penal interest as per the norms of the IFEL scheme.

4. Scope of the Scheme.—The Scheme covers all the beneficiary loanees under the IFEL Scheme, who

come under the following two categories.

1. Beneficiaries who have defaulted in repayment of regular Equated Monthly Instalments (EMIs)

and are still in payback period.

2. Beneficiaries who have defaulted in repayment of regular EMIs and are beyond the payback

period.

5. Eligibility.— All the beneficiary loanees under the IFEL Scheme, who have availed financial

assistance under the said Scheme from GEDC, from the year 2005 onwards.

6. Procedure.— (i) The beneficiary loanees desirous of availing benefit under this Scheme shall submit

their applications while the scheme is in force along with the details of repayment made to close the loan

account as per the tables below.

Dev/GEDC/OTS/203/2025/8786

Date : 07-Jan-2026

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Scenario1: For beneficiary loanees beyond payback period.

Sr. No.

Timeline for Payment

Amount to be paid

Within two months

Outstanding principal + 5% interest on principal outstanding.

Within four months

Outstanding principal + 10% interest on principal outstanding.

Within six months

Outstanding principal + 15% interest on principal outstanding.

Scenario 2: For beneficiary loanees in payback period.

Sr. No.

Timeline for Payment

Amount to be paid

Within three months

All due unpaid EMIs till date to be paid as per the repayment

schedule. Entire penal interest charged due to non-repayment of

EMIs timely shall be waived off. Subsequent EMIs to be paid

timely as per the repayment schedule.

(ii) To be eligible under the scheme the beneficiary loanee shall pay the amount and apply within the

timeline of the scheme.

(iii) The cases of those beneficiary loanees who have completed repayment of the principal loan

amount and only their penal interest payment is outstanding shall be closed. The penal interest already paid

prior to the notification of this Scheme shall not be refunded. Such beneficiaries may apply for “No Dues

Certificate” from the Corporation.

(iv) The Goa Education Development Corporation (GEDC) shall constitute a Committee for the

purpose of scrutinizing and verifying the applications received under this Scheme.

(v) The rejected cases shall not be entitled for any benefits under this Scheme and calculation of interest

on the said case shall be as per the norms of the IFEL Scheme.

(vi) The GEDC shall issue No Dues Certificate to the Beneficiary loanees for cases settled under this

Scheme.

(vii) The loanee beneficiaries under the payback period who have cleared their outstanding EMIs

(scenario 2) shall strictly adhere to the repayment schedule to avoid being charged further penal interest

and/or any statutory action as per the norms of the IFEL scheme.

7. Relaxation.— There shall be no relaxation of any kind beyond the scope of the Scheme.

8. Removal of difficulties.— The Government shall be empowered to issue instructions for removal of

any difficulty which may arise out of implementation of this Scheme.

9. Interpretation.— If any question arises regarding interpretation of any clause, word, expression of

the scheme, the decision about the interpretation shall be with the Government, which shall be final and

binding on all concerned.

10. Redressal of grievances and disputes.— Grievances if any, arising out of the implementation of this

scheme, will be heard and decided by Directorate of Higher Education and the decision in this regard shall

be final and binding on all concerned.

This issues with the concurrence of the Finance (Expenditure) Department vide their U.O. No.

1400117791 dated 10-09-2025.

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

Santosh P. Naik, Under Secretary (Higher Education).

Porvorim.

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Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

Corrigendum

Ref. Notification No. GBSHSE/Acad/ITI/2025/1969.

The

following

correction

shall

made

the

text

the

Notification

No.

GBSHSE/Acad/ITI/2025/1969 dated 22-09-2025 published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 26 dated

25th September, 2025.

Section/Paragraph

Printed Word (Incorrect)

To be corrected as

Section 17-A (1) para (ii)

Section 18-A (1) para (ii)

Accordingly, the relevant text in Section 17-A (1) para (ii) shall be read as

“After passing class VIII has completed recognized Industrial Training Institute’s Course of one-year

duration from a recognized centre and has completed one-year apprenticeship training OR certified

employment shall be eligible for equivalence of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and his/her

Industrial Training Institute’s Course Certificate shall be considered as equivalent to class X (SSC)

subject to fulfillment of the following condition, namely”:—

And Section 18-A (1) para (ii) shall be read as “After passing class X (SSC Examination) from

recognized Board, has completed recognized Industrial Training’s Course of one-year duration from a

recognized centre and has completed one-year apprenticeship training OR certified employment, shall be

eligible for equivalence of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and his/her Industrial Training

Institute’s Course Certificate shall be considered as equivalent to class XII (HSSC) of this Board subject

to fulfillment of the following condition, namely”:—

The other contents in the above referred notification remain unchanged.

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

Shri Shailesh R. S. Zingde, ex officio Joint Secretary (School) & Director of Education.

Porvorim.

———♦♦♦———

Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Notification

Government of Goa is pleased to supersede the scheme “The Grant of Stipend to Physically Handicap

Student” notified vide Notification No. 50-289-96-97-HC/VOL-I/PART I dated 20-05-2008 and published

in Official Gazette Series I No. 8 dated 22-05-2008 cited by a Scheme viz. ‘The Grant of Stipend to

Students with Disabilities’ the following Scheme and is hereby published for general information of public,

which shall come into force with the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

1. Short title and commencement.—

This Scheme shall be called Grant of Stipend to Students with Disabilities. This Scheme shall be

applicable throughout the State of Goa, and shall come into force with effect from publication in Official

Gazette.

GBSHSE/ACAD/2026/56

Date : 06-Jan-2026

1/75/2024-25-DEPwD/Sch/Amen/Stipend/1196

Date : 28-Oct-2025

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2. Objective.—

The objective of the scheme-Grant of Stipend to Students with Disabilities is to encourage students

with disabilities to pursue education by providing financial support in the form of stipends. This assistance

helps them to overcome economic barriers that might otherwise prevent them from attending school.

3. Applicability.—

The stipend is awarded to students with disabilities enrolled in school-level education.

Under this scheme, stipend will be given to the Students studying from Anganwadi to Class VIIIth.

4. Definitions.—

a) Government means the Government of Goa.

b) Director means, The Director, Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,

Government of Goa.

c) Head of Institution means the Headmaster/Headmistress of the school.

d) Institute means the school/institute recognized by the Directorate of Education of Goa or any

other recognized agency.

5. Eligibility conditions.—

To be eligible to apply for financial assistance under this scheme, the applicant must satisfy the

following conditions:

a) The Student must be regular student of a recognized school.

b) Combined Income Certificate issued by Competent Authority not exceeding Rs. 8.0 lakhs per

annum.

c) The Student should not be in receipt of any other stipend from any other source.

d) If a family has more than one Child with Disabilities, all will be eligible for the grant of stipend

under this scheme subject to the conditions that other conditions under these scheme are fulfilled.

e) Stipend is open to students with benchmark disability i.e. 40% or more disability as defined in the

‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016’.

f) The Student must have UDID Card, Aadhaar card and Bank Pass book (Bank account should be

Aadhaar seeded).

g) The Student shall not be eligible for the grant of stipend if he/she happens to be a repeater in a

particular standard. However the failure can be condoned at the discretion of the Director.

6. Financial Assistance.—

The eligible students will be paid stipend at the following rates:-

Sr. No.

Standard/Class

Rate per month (11 months)

Anganwadi/Preschool/Balvatika to Std. II

Rs. 300/- p.m

Std. III to V

Rs. 400/- p.m

Std. VI to VIII

Rs. 500/- p.m

a) The applications received shall be scrutinized by the Department for Empowerment of Persons

with Disabilities.

b) One academic year shall be taken as 11 months.

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c) The payment shall be disbursed through ECS after furnishing G.A.R 33 from concern

school/institution.

d) The Director shall be the sanctioning Authority under this scheme and his decision as regard to the

selection or rejection of the grant shall be final.

7. Cancellation/Withdrawal of Financial Assistance.—

a) The Stipend shall be cancelled or withheld for a particular period if a candidate fails to pass in an

annual examination or if the progress continues to be unsatisfactory or if the conduct is found to be

unsatisfactory.

b) Furnishing incorrect information or suppressing material facts will automatically liable for

cancellation of scheme.

c) Every student shall abide by such rules as may be prescribed by the concerned of authority.

Failure to do so will automatically be liable for cancellation of scheme.

8. Mode of applying.—

The applications should be sent to the Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

within the period as may be specified from time to time. Each application shall be accompanied by the

following documents:

a) Disability Certificate issued by Goa Medical College Bambolim, District Hospital North and

South and Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bambolim.

b) Income Certificate issued by Competent Authority not exceeding Rs. 8.0 lakhs p.a

c) A copy of a Mark Sheet of last annual Examination.

d) A copy of Bank Pass Book. (Bank account should be Aadhaar seeded)

e) A copy of Aadhaar card

f) UDID card

9. Other terms and conditions.—

a) A Student is liable to refund the Stipend amount at the discretion of the Department for

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, if during the course of the year, the student discontinued the

studies for which the Stipend has been awarded.

10. Interpretation of the provision of this Scheme.—

If any question arises regarding interpretation of any clause, word, expression of the scheme, the

decision about the interpretation shall lie with the Government which shall be final and binding on all

concerned.

11. Relaxation of the provisions of the Scheme.—

a) The Government shall be empowered to relax any or all of the clauses or conditions of this

scheme in genuine case(s) for sanction of the grant.

b) The Government shall have the power to modify, amend, or make any necessary changes to the

Scheme, as and when required.

This issue with the approval of Finance (Exp) Division vide U.O. No. 1400114817 dated 11-10-2025.

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

Varsha Naik, Director & ex officio Joint Secretary (DEPwD).

Porvorim.

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Department of Handicrafts, Textile and Coir

Notification

Whereas, the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity enables individuals to receive subsidies,

benefits and services in a convenient and seamless manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of documents

to establish identity, simplifies processes and promotes transparency and efficiency:

And whereas, the Department of Handicrafts, Textile and Coir (hereinafter referred to as the “said

Department”) in the Government of Goa (herein after referred to as the “said Government”) is

administering “Vishwakarma Kaushal Yojana” (herein after referred to as the “said scheme”):

And whereas, providing Training/Stipends/Remuneration (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) is

given to the Artisans (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) under the said scheme and the instructions

and guidelines issued in respect thereof:

And whereas, expenditure for the said scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of State of Goa.

And whereas, the said Department is desirous that the said Government, for the purpose of establishing

identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that such beneficiary

undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to

whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, make an application for enrolment:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of

Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act),

the Government of Goa hereby notifies the following, namely:—

1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme shall be required to

undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.

(2) In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be required to make

an application for enrolment:

Provided that if that individual is a child, such application shall be made only with the consent of his

parent or legal guardian.

(3) In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update)

Regulations, 2016, the Department of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation shall ensure enrolment of such

beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their Aadhaar details through appropriate measures,

including coordination with Registrars and setting up enrolment centres at convenient locations or

providing enrolment facilities by becoming a Registrar itself:

Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number is assigned to such beneficiary, he may establish his

identity to avail of the said benefit, by presenting the following documents to which he is entitled and

which are valid at the time of presentation, or, in case the software provided or authorised by the said

Department of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation for such identification supports electronic obtaining of

information evidencing the contents of such documents from the database of the authorities dealing with

the preparation or maintenance thereof, by giving his consent for so obtaining, namely:—

For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:

(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided

by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment ID (EID); and

(b) Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a child below 18 years of

age, namely:—

6/1/2025-HT&C/168

Date : 21-Nov-2025

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(i) Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, as extracted

from the entry made in the register of births regarding the birth of the beneficiary;

(ii) Indian passport;

(iii) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10thclass or higher secondary or 12th

class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(iv) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is

housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State Government concerned under the

rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate

specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent,

(v) child welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or

(vi) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional

Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of

Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India

along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

relationship with the parent or legal guardian, namely:—

(i) Ration card;

(ii) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an Executive

Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;

(iii) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector enterprise to

a retired or serving public servant or his family member;

(iv) Indian passport;

(v) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th

class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(vi) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is

housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State Government concerned under the

rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate

specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or

probation officer of such institution; or

(vii) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional

Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of

Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India

along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

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(viii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to

evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the

Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple

Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and

regulations made under the said Acts; or

(ix) Any other document as the said Department may specify.

For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:

a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by

the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the EID; and

b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary’s photograph, namely:—

(i) Elector’s Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;

(ii) Ration card;

(iii) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an Executive

Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;

(iv) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector enterprise to

a retired or serving public servant or his family member;

(v) Indian passport;

(vi) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10thclass or higher secondary or 12th

class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(vii) Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired public servant by a

government entity or a public sector enterprise;

(viii) Disability certificate issued by notified medical authority under Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability Identification (UDID) card issued by the Department of

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of India;

(ix) Driving licence issued in India:

(x) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is

housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State Government concerned under the

rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate

specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or

probation officer of such institution; or

(xi) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional

Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of

Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India

along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(xii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to

evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the

Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the

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National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple

Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and

regulations made under the said Acts; or

(xiii) Any other document as the said Department may specify:

(4) An officer designated by the said Department in this behalf shall check in respect of the documents

presented or the information evidencing the contents thereof under clause (3),—

a) the status of the enrolment request by submitting the Enrollment ID on my Aadhaar portal (https://

myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the Enrollment ID is valid and that the enrolment request

does not stand rejected; and

b) the other documents, and for this purpose, may take the assistance of and share the information

presented with any government entity or an authority that deals with the preparation or maintenance of

the information contained in such documents.

2. In order to enable beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall make all

necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries aware of the requirement

of Aadhaar number under the said scheme.

3. Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary done through any of the biometric-

based modes of authentication (namely, facial image, fingerprints or iris scan based authentication) fails

due to any reason, such as poor quality of biometric information, the following remedial mechanisms shall

be adopted, namely:—

(a) In case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not successful, any other mode

of biometric-based authentication or one-time pin (OTP) based authentication shall, wherever feasible

and admissible, be offered;

(b) In cases where biometric-based or OTP-based modes of authentication are not possible, benefits

under the said scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of the Aadhaar number by doing offline

verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR)

Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of

any of the following:

(i) An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing Aadhaar card, Aadhaar letter (i.e.,

the letter issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his Aadhaar number) or e-Aadhaar

(i.e., the password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter downloadable from the website of

UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline

verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR Scanner or mAadhaar apps.

(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of UIDAI or

accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline verification of

the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the document through the application developed by the

Ministry or Department or scheme implementing agency concerned for this purpose, in accordance

with the details given in this regard on the website of UIDAI.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove,—

(a) benefit under the said scheme shall not be denied to a child—

(i) in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication or to furnish proof of

possession of Aadhaar number; or

(ii) in case of production of an application for enrolment where he has not been assigned an

Aadhaar number; and

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(b) benefit under the said scheme shall be given to such a child by verifying his identity and

establishing his relationship with his parent or legal guardian in the manner specified in the proviso to

clause (3) of paragraph 1; and

which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the said Department (Handicrafts, Textile and Coir).

5. In order to ensure that bonafide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not deprived of the

benefit due to them under the said scheme, the Departmentshall follow the exception handling mechanism

specified in the Office Memorandum No. D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the 19^th December, 2017 of the

Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India (available on

https://dbtbharat.gov.in).

6. This notification shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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

Darshani S. Dessai, Under Secretary (Handicrafts, Textile & Coir).

Porvorim.

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Notification

Whereas, the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity enables individuals to receive subsidies,

benefits and services in a convenient and seamless manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of documents

to establish identity, simplifies processes and promotes transparency and efficiency:

And whereas, the Department of Handicrafts, Textile and Coir (hereinafter referred to as the said

Department in the Government of Goa (herein after referred to as the said Government) is administering

“Swavalamban Yojana for Handicrafts Artisans” (hereinafter referred to as the said scheme):

And whereas, financial assistance/stipends (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) is given to the

Beneficiaries (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) under the said scheme and the instructions and

guidelines issued in respect thereof: