Tax exemption extension for eligible social welfare project renewed, but exemption for the lapsed initial year is unavailable. Extension of tax-exempt status is granted to the Gayatri Urban and Rural Development Society's scheme covering evening classes for school-dropout children, self-help group formation, vocational training in jute and handicrafts, vermi-compost training, and a corpus fund; the approved cost and corpus fund remain unchanged and the scheme is specified for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year beginning 2013-14, with the administrative note that no exemption is available for the lapsed first year of that period.