RSDSS

The objective and the scope of this scheme is to provide Registration Stamp Duty Subsidy to the eligible Information Technology Units in the State of Goa. All the New and Existing Units having their operations in Goa are eligible. The scheme has been framed as a part of Goa's IT Policy.

Launched in 2018, the "Registration & Stamp Duty Subsidy Scheme" is one of the "Information Technology Policy Schemes" by the Department of Information Technology, Government of Goa. The objective and the scope of this scheme is to provide Registration Stamp Duty Subsidy to the eligible Information Technology Units in the State of Goa. All the New and Existing Units having their operations in Goa are eligible. The scheme has been framed as a part of Goa's IT Policy that envisages Goa as an aspirational geographical and human resource base for IT Units and a preferred destination for their investment and expansion.

• All the new and existing units must have their operations in Goa.

• The applicant must be one of the below:
• Proprietorship Firm
• Private Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 (or equivalent)
• Public Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 (or equivalent)
• Registered Partnership Firm incorporated under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (or equivalent)
• Limited Liability Partnership incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (or equivalent)

• The bank accounts of the unit and/or its partner(s)/director(s) should be linked to Aadhaar.

• Reimbursement of the stamp duty, such that the registration and stamp duty charges will not exceed ₹ 100/-.
• The excess amount paid to the authorities concerned will be reimbursed.
• The subsidy will be provided in full.
• The subsidy will be provided at the end of two years from the start of commercial operations or from the date of Notification of the Policy; whichever is later.

NOTE 1: The benefits under this scheme are subject to budgetary allocation. No Promissory Estoppel shall be applicable if benefits are discontinued in case the allocation is exceeded.

NOTE 2: Only transactions made during the operation of the Policy or up to 3 years prior to the notification of the Policy will be eligible for this subsidy.

The units availing similar financial incentives under any other policy of the Government of Goa are not eligible for availing benefits under this scheme.