Exemption under Section 35AC: eligible charitable surgical-aid project extended for a further three-year period commencing soon. Central Government specifies the project of providing financial aid for major surgical operations by Mahavir Jeevan Raksha Foundation as an eligible project under the income-tax exemption provision, extending the specification for a further three-year period commencing with the assessment year 2004-2005, and incorporating the term 'corpus fund' at an estimated cost of one crore following the National Committee's recommendation.