Exemption under section 35AC extended for specified charitable projects, permitting an additional three-year eligibility period for tax deductions. The Central Government specifies that the Mahatama Gandhi Mission for Gram Swarajya and associated Banwasi Seva Ashram projects in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, remain eligible projects for tax-deduction purposes and are specified as such for a further three assessment years commencing from the assessment year 1999-2000, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the projects are being executed properly.