Organization : Government of Goa
Scheme Name : Bhasha Puraskar Yojana and Bhasha Vikas Yojana

Home Page : https://www.goa.gov.in/index.php
Terms & Conditions : http://www.indianjobtalks.com/uploads/76331-BPY-BVY.pdf

BPY & BVY :
Bhasha Vikas Yojana :
This scheme has been designed to provide financial support to the institutions/literary groups, to organize/ /conduct various types of items such as :
(a) events
(b) programmes
(c) exhibitions
(d) sammellan

(e) workshops
(f) discussions
(g) talks
(h) seminars
(i) and publication of books including dictionaries etc

Objectives :
The objectives of the scheme are as follows :
(i) To popularize the programmes and policies of the State Government for development and promotion of Official Language and other languages prevalent in the State.

(ii) To give financial support to the eligible groups or institution to organise above items for promoting Official Language and other languages prevalent in the State for the admissible expenditure as enlisted in Schedule B here below which can be rectified from time to time by the Directorate of Official Language.

Eligibility :
(i) Any group/organization/ /institutions registered in the State of Goa are eligible to avail benefit under this scheme.
(ii) Applicant institution shall be at least three year old and preferably having experience in organizing such event.

(iii) Every applicant who desires to organize such activities shall have to register with the Directorate of Official Language on payment of Rs. 200/- by giving undertaking in prescribed form as per Proforma A of this scheme with following documents :

(a) Copy of the Constitution & Memorandum.
(b) Registration Certificate.
(c) Audited statements of last two years.
(d) Report of activities.
(e) Detailed proposal.

(iv) The applicant institution/organization/ /group applicant as the case may be, shall not be defaulter of Directorate of Official Language as well as any other Government Departments for non-submission of utilization certificate or statement of accounts for any other grant received by the applicant or applicant shall not be debarred by Government for any other reason.

(v) The Director of Official Language may also suo-moto identify any institution/group or individual person to organise any of the above items for the promotion and development of languages in the interest of concern language and condition at (ii) above shall not apply in such cases.

(vi) Any group/organisation/institutions registered under Societies Act will be eligible to receive grants under the scheme only once during the financial year and maximum three times during five years.
Subject to above, Government aided institutions including Schools, Higher Secondaries, Colleges, Universities are entitled subject to the limit of Rs. 50,000/- per event.

(vii) lnstitutions which are established by the State Government shall also be entitled to receive grants under the scheme. However, above institutions cannot avail the benefits of scheme for more than two times during the five years and subject to the approval by the State Government. However, Government may sanction the grant considering importance of programmes for the development of Official Language for more than two occasions in five years, on case to case basis