2. Definitions.

(a) 'Act' means the Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975);
(b) 'Board' means the Town and Country Planning Board constituted under section 4 of the Act;
(c) 'Central Government' means the Government of India;
(d) 'Chapter' means a Chapter of the Act;
(e) 'Clause' means clause of the Act;
(f) 'Committee' means a Committee appointed by the Government under rule 3 of these rules;
(g) 'Department' means the Town and Country Planning Department of the Government;
(h) 'Government' means the Government of Goa;
(i) 'Operational construction' means any construction, whether temporary or permanent, which is necessary for the operation, maintenance, development or execution of any of the following services, namely:-
(i) Railways;
(ii) National Highways;
(iii) National Waterways;
(iv) Ports;
(v) Airways and aerodromes;
(vi) Posts and telegraphs, telephones, wireless, broadcasting and other like forms of communication;
(vii) Regional grid for electricity; and
(viii) Any other project declared by the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, after being of the opinion that the operation, maintenance, development or execution of such project is essential to public.
Explanation:-
(j) 'Public projects/schemes/development works' means and includes works undertaken by the Central Government and the Government like State highways, major district roads, other roads, educational institutions/complexes, libraries, community halls, Court building, sports complexes with supporting allied/auxiliary facilities, fisheries complexes and facilities for allied uses; tourism infrastructure, public toilets, rain or cyclone shelters, hospitals, panchayat ghars, dispensaries, police stations, police out posts, fires stations, markets, bus terminals, parking lots, rehabilitation colonies and State sponsored schemes under 20 point programme, Government offices, operational construction, etc., but shall not include Information Technology parks, industrial estates/ areas, industries, projects under private partnership (PPP), housing schemes of Housing Board/ Corporations:
(k) 'Regional Plan' means plan prepared under Chapter III of the Act;
(l) 'section' means the section of the Act.