Exemption under section 35AC renewed for hospital equipment and operations, extending the project's eligible status. Specification under section 35AC designates Purchase of equipments for Manilal Rikhavchand Kothari Lions Orthopaedic and General Hospital and its running by Navsari Lions Sarvajanik Charitable Trust as an eligible project; following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly, the Central Government re-specified the scheme without change in estimated cost and extended its eligibility for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year 2003-2004.