Tax exemption for charitable hospital project extended, enabling continued eligibility following National Committee recommendation under income tax law.
Central Government specified the construction and running of a charitable hospital at Mount Abu by Global Hospital and Research Centre as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, following an earlier three-year designation and a National Committee recommendation under subrule (5) of rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962; the notification records the executing entity, estimated project cost and a corpus fund.

Exemption under section 35AC: Lifeline Express project specified as eligible for a further three year period.
The Central Government re specifies the "Lifeline Express" hospitals on wheels, operated by Impact India Foundation, as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three year period beginning with assessment year 2001 2002, following a National Committee recommendation under Rule 11M(5) that the project is being executed properly; the notification records an estimated project cost of rupees one hundred ninety two lakhs fifty two thousand.

Exemption under Section 35AC extended for a trust-run rural development project after administrative review and recommendation.
The Central Government extended the specification of Swami Sivananda Gramothan Yojana, carried out by Swami Sivananda Memorial Trust at Pattamadai and surrounding villages, as an eligible project for exemption under Section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, following the National Committee's recommendation that the scheme is being executed properly; the notification records the project's estimated cost and corpus fund.

Exemption under section 35AC specified for clinics for mentally handicapped children; eligible project status extended for a further three-year period.
The Central Government specifies the scheme of expenses for running clinics for mentally handicapped children in Mumbai by the Association for the Welfare of Persons with a Mental Handicap as an eligible project for tax-exemption purposes for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, following a National Committee recommendation that the project is being executed properly; the project is described with an estimated cost and corpus fund.

Exemption under section 35AC: Government renews eligibility of charitable rehabilitation projects following committee recommendation.
The Central Government renewed designation under section 35AC of the Society for the Education of the Crippled's furnishing and running of centres and schools for persons with disabilities as eligible projects for a further three year period, relying on the National Committee's recommendation that the projects were properly executed and on prior notifications extending the scheme.

Tax exemption under section 35AC extends eligibility for specified leprosy rehabilitation and engineering projects for a further three-year period.
Central Government specifies projects carried out by Poona District Leprosy Committee as eligible under the Explanation to section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, covering expansion and operation of engineering units at Kondhawa and Bhosari, Pune Urban Leprosy Investigation Centre and Solapur Comprehensive Leprosy Project, Ghagar Gaon agro-forestry, and an Engineering and Rehabilitation Centre at Ahmednagar, following a committee recommendation and at an estimated aggregate project cost.

Eligibility under section 35AC extended for Savali's project supporting cerebral palsied children and adults, enabling donor tax exemptions.
Specification under section 35AC designates Savali's project for purchase of equipment and operation of socioeconomic promotion for cerebral palsied children and adults-covering education, institutional care, training and vocational guidance at Kothrud, Pune-as an eligible project for donation-linked tax exemption, and extends that designation for a further three-year period beginning with the assessment year 2001-2002 following a National Committee recommendation.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for the Sanand hospital project for a further period following National Committee recommendation.
The Central Government specified the land, construction, equipment and running of M.D. Patel Sarvoday Eye/Orthopaedic Hospital at Sanand by Adhyatmik Antarik Mandal as an eligible project for exemption under the Income-tax Act provision corresponding to section 35AC; following the National Committee's recommendation that the project be extended, the Government has specified the project for a further three-year period beginning with the stated assessment year and recorded the estimated project cost and corpus fund in the notification.

Exemption under section 35AC extended to Arpan Eye Bank, specifying further eligibility and increasing the allowable project cost.
The Central Government specifies the Arpan Eye Bank project carried out by Arpan Trust as an eligible project under section 35AC for a further three years beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is properly executed and likely to extend beyond six years; the notification also amends the Table entry to increase the maximum project cost allowed as deduction under section 35AC for that project.

Section 35AC exemption extended to Maria Seva Sangha social housing project, renewing its eligible tax status under the rules.
The Central Government, under Section 35AC, specifies the Maria Seva Sangha social housing project at Sannathammanahalli, Bangalore South, as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly and noting the project's location, implementing body, and estimated cost.

Income-tax exemption provision: extension of specified eligible project status for YMCA vocational training centre, enabling continued deduction eligibility.
The Central Government specifies the YMCA project for construction, equipping, furnishing and running a vocational training centre at Andheri, Mumbai as an eligible project under the income-tax exemption provision for a further three year period, following a National Committee recommendation that the project is being executed properly and is likely to extend beyond the original term.

Tax exemption under section 35AC extended for SOS Children's Village project, preserving donor deductibility for the renewed period.
The Central Government re-specified the administration and maintenance of 27 villages run by SOS Children's Village of India as an eligible project or scheme for income-tax exemption for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, acting on the National Committee's recommendation that the project was properly executed and pursuant to the explanatory clause and procedural rules under the Income-tax Act and Rules.

Tax exemption under section 35AC: construction and running of the ashram specified eligible for a further three-year period.
The Central Government specifies the construction, furnishing and running of a 100 bedded Khail Shankar Durlabhji Avedna Ashram by Khail Shankar Durlabhji Avedna Ashram Trust, Jaipur, for providing free care to terminally ill patients and a day care centre for elderly persons, as an eligible project for income tax exemption and, following a National Committee recommendation that the scheme is properly executed, designates the project for a further three year period beginning with assessment year 2001 2002 at an estimated cost of rupees five hundred fifty lakhs.

Exemption under section 35AC: approved charitable projects qualify for specified project cost deductions for eligible assessment years.
The Central Government approves specified charitable institutions and their named projects as eligible for deduction under section 35AC, listing for each the project description, estimated cost and the maximum amount of that cost allowable as a deduction. Projects include hospital construction and running, rural roads, watershed development, social and vocational programmes, and services for the visually impaired; some deductible caps expressly include corpus funds. The notification is effective for a three-year period for the assessment years named and records later substitutions to certain cost figures.

Customs unloading permission expanded to allow goods, baggage and specified gold imports at Tiruchirapalli port.
Amendment substitutes the Tiruchirapalli table entry to permit unloading at that port of (i) imported goods and baggage from Sri Lanka, Sharjah and Kuwait; and (ii) gold imported under the existing gold import notification, under powers conferred by clause (a) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Customs station designation: River Rangapani added to Jaintia Hills entry for Dawki, amending earlier notification.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 63/94-Cus(N.T.) by inserting item (c) "River Rangapani" after item (b) in the Table entry for Dawki under the Jaintia Hills District, thereby designating River Rangapani as an additional customs station for Bangladesh-related cross-border operations.

Designation of Tiruchopuram as a customs location permits unloading of imports and loading of exports under statutory powers.
The Central Government amends Notification No. 62/94 Cus(NT) to insert, for the State of Tamil Nadu, a new table entry adding Tiruchopuram as a designated location permitting unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods (or any class of such goods), thereby authorising cargo handling operations at that place under the statutory powers conferred by the Customs Act.

Tax exemption under section 10(23C)(v) granted, subject to exclusive application of income and compliance conditions.
Notification grants tax exemption under section 10(23C)(v) to Manav Seva Sangh for specified assessment years subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated wholly and exclusively to its objects; investments limited to modes specified in section 11(5) (except certain voluntary contributions); business income excluded unless incidental and separately accounted; regular filing of returns required; on dissolution surplus and assets must transfer to a like charitable organisation.

Anti-dumping duty extension on 3,4,5 Trimethoxy Benzaldehyde maintained pending statutory review under Customs Tariff law.
Amendment to Notification No. 46/99-Customs extends the anti-dumping duty on 3,4,5 Trimethoxy Benzaldehyde originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China by substituting the earlier expiry date in the principal notification, pursuant to powers under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and rule 23 of the Customs Tariff anti-dumping rules, following a Designated Authority review request.

Restriction on appointment of sole selling agents for cement and paper prohibits such appointments temporarily.
The Government, invoking powers under the Companies Act, declares a temporary prohibition on appointment of sole selling agents for goods where demand substantially exceeds production and agent services are unnecessary; the ban applies to cement and paper for the period specified in the notification.