Exemption under section 35AC extended eligibility and amended project cost for a charitable eye hospital project. The Central Government, under the Explanation to section 35AC, notified continuation of the Sri Sankara Deva Nethralya Phase I Expansion Project as an eligible scheme for three more years beginning with financial year 2007 2008, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly; the notification also amends the original notification to increase the maximum sanctioned project cost in the eligibility table.