Terms & Conditions:

 1.      Goa Konkani Akademi shall pay publisher 50% of the printing cost of the book.

2.      The manuscript accepted for publishing by Goa Konkani Akademi shall have to be printed according to the orthographic rules prepared by the Akademi.

3.      In case it is found necessary to effect any changes in the content or the title of any manuscript, it is mandatory to obtain prior written permission from the Goa Konkani Akademi.

4.      This financial assistance is given for printing of maximum copies of 1000 of the book.

5.      The outer Cover of the book shall be in four colors, whereas the inner illustration should be in 2 colours.

6.      The Akademi shall accept the book in minimum 32 pages and maximum 64 pages depend upon the age group of the writing under this scheme.

7.      The pricing of the book should not exceed three times the printing cost, deducting the amount of financial assistance received from Goa Konkani Akademi. But in exception cases, if the publisher has incurred greater expenditure in order to enhance the quality of the book, the Akademi may, at its discretion, allow higher pricing.

8.      The statement, “This book has been published under the Children’s Literature Scheme of Goa Konkani Akademi” shall have to appear on the page, on which the price of the book is mentioned.

9.      It is mandatory on the publisher not to take any financial assistance from other institution for the book accepted under this scheme for financial assistance.

10.  50% of the total grant sanctioned by the Akademi shall be paid by way of the first installment only after the Akademi receives the complete compose of the manuscript on submission of the first proofs, officials.

11.  The balance 50% payment shall be made by the Akademi on receiving 100 (One Hundred) copies of the book as complimenting along with the original Printing Bill.

12.  Goa Konkani Akademi reserves the right to review/ withhold/cancel the payment of grant incase the book is not published within the stipulated time frame.

13.  Goa Konkani Akademi reserves the right to withhold / review / cancel the payment of grant sanctioned under this scheme, at any stage, in case of non – compliance of Akademi’s rules / norms by the applicant.

14.  The applicant has to give an undertaking, stating that he / she has not received / shall not receive any financial assistance from any other source for the same publication.