Section 35AC eligibility extended for a mid-day meal project, allowing additional notified financial years of tax-exempt expenditure.
Notification extends eligible project status under the Income-tax Act for the mid-day meal project run by Iskcon Food Relief Foundation in Uttar Pradesh, following the National Committee's recommendation; the Central Government, invoking the Explanation to section 35AC and rule 11M processes, notifies a further three-year period commencing 2013-14 and retains the previously approved project cost unchanged.

Section 35AC eligible project extension approved after committee recommendation; scheme continuation permitted for further term.
The scheme "Smt. Lad Devi Sharma Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya," executed by Shree Munikul Brahmcharya Ashram Ved Sansthan Barundani, Rajasthan, is notified as an eligible project for a further three financial years commencing with 2013-14, without any change in the approved project cost, following a recommendation by the competent committee that the project is being executed properly and may be extended beyond the initial six-year period.

Eligible project extension under Income-tax provisions: continuation approved for recurring education, vocational and rehabilitation scheme.
The Central Government, acting under the relevant provision of the Income-tax Act and upon recommendation of the National Committee, extends notification of Budha Viklang Vikas Sansthan's scheme for recurring school costs, vocational training, community-based rehabilitation and a corpus fund as an eligible project for a further three years beginning 2013-14, without change to the previously approved total cost of Rs. 4.66 crore including a corpus of Rs. 50 lakh.

Eligible project extension under Section 35AC: blood bank equipment project granted a further three-year notification period.
Notification under Section 35AC extends specification of the "Blood Bank Medical Equipment and facilities expansion project" by Madras Egmore Lions Blood Bank & Research Foundation as an eligible project without change in the approved cost of Rs. 5.04 crore, for a further three-year period beginning with the 2013-14 financial year, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and will extend beyond the initial three-year term.

Extension of eligible project status: Dialysis Centre by Surat Manav Seva Sangh notified for a further three-year period.
The Central Government notifies the "Dialysis Centre for Patients" run by Surat Manav Seva Sangh as an eligible project or scheme under the Explanation to section 35AC for a further period beginning 2013-14, without change to the approved corpus fund cost, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being properly executed.

Eligible project designation under section 35AC extended for recurring social welfare scheme, maintaining previously approved cost and corpus.
Notification under section 35AC extends designation of Gandhi Educational Society's project-recurring cost of an old age home, legal aid centre for women, vocational training for unemployed women, and central office administration-as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning 2013-14, on the National Committee's recommendation and without any change to the previously approved cost or corpus fund.

Eligible project status under section 35AC extended for Pratham Delhi Education Initiative, maintaining existing approved cost and term.
The Central Government notifies continuation of Pratham Delhi Education Initiative as an eligible project under the Income tax Act for a further three-year period commencing with financial year 2014-15, based on a committee recommendation that the project is properly executed, and specifies that the extension is without any change to the previously approved project cost.

Deduction under section 35AC extended for Karuna Trust's Gujarat health scheme, permitting an increased eligible project cost ceiling.
Notification under Section 35AC extends Karuna Trust's Gujarat health project as an eligible project for three additional financial years starting 2013-14, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is properly executed. The notification also amends the eligibility table to increase the maximum project cost permitted for computing the deduction under Section 35AC, thereby raising the ceiling relevant to allowable qualifying expenditures for donors funding the specified charitable health services.

Tax deduction eligibility under section 35AC: residential tribal school project re-notified as eligible for a further period.
Notification under the Explanation to section 35AC re-notifies the "Madhav Vidhyapith" residential school for tribal students by Shri Vidyabharati Vanvasi Shikshan Samiti as an eligible project for a further three-year period, without any change to the approved project cost which includes a corpus fund, thereby maintaining its qualification for deductible expenditure treatment under the Income-tax Act.

Eligible project status extended for three financial years after committee recommendation under tax exemption rules.
The Central Government notifies extension of eligible project or scheme status for "Matruseva (Health maintenance program for women)" by Care India Medical Society for three financial years commencing 2014 15, acting on the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M(5) and satisfied that the project is being executed properly. The extension is granted without any change to the approved project cost of Rs. 2.70 crore, continuing the project's entitlement to tax-exemption treatment for eligible projects.

Section 35AC eligible project extension: notification renews pain relief centre scheme for a further three-year period.
The Central Government notifies the Care India Medical Society's pain relief centre project in Pune as an eligible project under the Income-tax Act for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year 2014-15, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being properly executed; the notification preserves the previously approved total project cost unchanged, including the corpus fund.

Eligible Project Notification: Supporting the Leprosy Mission Hospitals approved for further specified period with cost unchanged.
Central Government notifies the scheme "Supporting the Leprosy Mission Hospitals" by The Leprosy Mission Trust India as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three year period beginning with the 2013-14 financial year, exercising powers under sub section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC, and retains the previously approved project cost.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for the notified rehabilitation project, preserving approved cost and permitting continued deductible expenditure.
Notification under section 35AC extends tax-deduction eligibility for the rehabilitation and medical-aid project run by Calcutta Centre Mahavir Seva Sadan. The extension follows a committee recommendation and is granted without altering the previously approved project cost, thereby preserving the project's eligibility for deductible expenditure under the governing provision for the further specified period.

Section 35AC tax benefit: extension of eligible hospital project while preserving approved project cost and continuity.
The Central Government notifies continuation of the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital-Cardiac Hospital project carried out by India Education Trust as an eligible project under section 35AC of the Income-tax Act for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year 2013-14, without any change in the approved project cost, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly.

Section 35AC eligible project status extended for Project Eye Hope enabling continued recognition of qualifying expenditure for three additional years.
The Central Government, on recommendation of the National Committee under the Income-tax Rules, extends notified eligible project or scheme status to Project "Eye Hope" by Eye Bank Coordination and Research Centre for a further three years beginning financial year 2010-11, preserving the approved project cost and corpus fund without change, thereby continuing the project's recognition under the Act's deduction-related scheme for 2010-11 through 2012-13.

Tax incentive eligibility extended for a nursing school project under income-tax provision following committee recommendation and notification.
The Central Government has notified continuation of the "Establishment of school of Nursing for vocational education" at Indian Medical Centre, Chennai, as an eligible project under the income-tax provision for a further three-year period beginning with the 2013-14 financial year, on the National Committee's recommendation and without any change to the approved cost.

Eligible project specification under section 35AC extended for continued expansion and operation of the Miraj eye hospital.
The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, specifies the Lions Comprehensive Eye Care Foundation's project for construction, equipment purchase, vehicle procurement, furnishing and running of an eye hospital at MIDC, Miraj, Sangli, Maharashtra, as an eligible project for tax purposes. The specification extends eligibility for a further three-year period beginning with the financial year 2013-14 and is granted without any change in the previously approved project cost.

Section 35AC eligible project extension confirmed with revised maximum deductible project cost under tax rules.
Notification under Section 35AC extends the Karuna Setu Trust project for three more financial years beginning 2013-14 and amends the earlier notification to increase the maximum project cost allowable as deduction under section 35AC, while retaining a specified corpus component for the scheme.

Scientific research exemption requires dedicated research, separate audited accounts and donation statements to maintain approval.
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History is approved as an Approved Scientific Research Association subject to conditions: sole objective to undertake scientific research; conduct research itself; maintain separate books for research receipts and expenditures and obtain an audit report by a qualified accountant filed with the income-tax return; and provide an auditor-certified statement of donations and amounts applied to social science and statistical research. Approval may be withdrawn for failures to maintain accounts, file audit reports, file the donations statement, cease genuine research, or otherwise fail to comply with the applicable rules.

PAN application identity requirements clarified; prescribed forms, supporting documents and secure verification procedures mandated.
The notification substitutes sub-rule (4) of rule 114 and replaces Forms 49A and 49AA to prescribe the application forms and enumerated documentary evidence required for allotment of Permanent Account Number, detailing acceptable proofs of identity, address and date of birth for varied applicant classes (individuals, HUFs, companies, firms, trusts, associations and foreign entities), annexed certification formats for officials, employers and banks, and delegates to the Director-General of Income-tax (Systems) responsibility for verification procedures, secure data capture standards and archival and retrieval policies.