Section 35AC eligibility extension: Lepra Society projects renewed for a further three-year period, not valid for the elapsed financial year.
The Central Government has notified extension of eligibility under Section 35AC for specified Lepra Society leprosy eradication and related health projects for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2007-08, without change in approved project costs. The extension follows a recommendation by the National Committee that the projects are being properly executed. Because the 2007-08 year had already elapsed, the approval does not apply to funds collected during that year and no certificate for exemption of donations shall be issued for that financial year.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for Friendship Foundation's eye hospital scheme, but approval excluded for the elapsed financial year.
Notification extends eligibility of the Friendship Foundation Trust project "Equipments and vehicle, running of Eye Hospital/camps at Bharatpur, Rajasthan" as an eligible project for a further three years beginning with financial year 2007-08, keeping the approved cost at Rs. 50.00 lakh plus a corpus fund of Rs. 30.00 lakh, but expressly disallows validity for financial year 2007-08 for funds collected during that year and prohibits issuance of donation exemption certificates for that year.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for Corpus fund for Cansupport, preserving approved cost and eligibility.
The Central Government notifies extension of the Section 35AC exemption to the "Corpus fund for Cansupport" scheme for a further three years beginning with financial year 2008-09, maintaining the approved project cost of Rs. 5.50 crore. The extension is based on the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and is effected under the statutory powers enabling such notifications.

Exemption under section 35AC: mid-day meal project extended and project cost amended enabling continued qualifying deductions.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to Section 35AC, notifies that the "Mid day meal to students in Maharashtra" scheme by Iskson Food Relief Foundation is extended for three more years beginning with financial year 2008-09, and amends the earlier notification to substitute the previously specified maximum project cost with a higher approved project cost following the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M(5).

Exemption under section 35AC: senior citizens daycare scheme's eligibility extended for a further three-year period.
Exemption under section 35AC is applied to "John Daycare and Boarding for Senior Citizens Association" by government notification, extending the project's eligibility as an approved scheme for a further three years beginning with financial year 2008-09, without any change in the previously approved project cost.

Exemption under section 35AC: designated eye-care project approved for tax-eligible status and statutory extension following committee recommendation.
Notification designates the project "Setting up of satellite eye care centres" by Kutch Vikas Trust as an eligible project for income-tax exemption under the statutory provision for social welfare projects; the National Committee recommended, and the Central Government approved, a three-year extension of the originally notified three-year period without change to the approved project cost.

Section 35AC exemption extended: Pratham Delhi Education Initiative's eligible project renewed for a further three-year period.
The Central Government extended the notification recognizing "Pratham Delhi Education Initiative at Delhi" as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2008-09, following a recommendation by the National Committee for the Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare and noting continued proper execution; the extension is effected without change in the approved project cost of Rs. 1229.38 lakh.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for a notified charitable project; eligible period renewed for three years.
Central Government extends the notified eligibility of the project "Home for physically handicapped girls and women" by Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission as qualifying for exemption under section 35AC for a further three years beginning with financial year 2008-09, following a recommendation by the National Committee under rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, and confirms no change in the previously approved project cost.

Exemption under section 35AC extends eligibility for a charitable school project and maintains approved cost unchanged.
The Central Government has notified continuation of the "Senior Secondary School" project by The Good Samaritans, New Delhi, as an eligible project for exemption under section 35AC, following the National Committee's recommendation; the project's approved cost remains unchanged and the notification extends eligibility for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2008-09.

Exemption under section 35AC extended to a healthcare project, continuing its notified eligible status after committee recommendation.
The Central Government notifies extension of exemption under section 35AC for the "Health care project" by Umeed at the specified Hauz Khas address, declaring it an eligible project for a further three years from financial year 2008-09, on the recommendation of the National Committee and without any change in the approved project cost.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for a biotechnology sustainability project for a further period, preserving tax-deduction eligibility.
Exemption under section 35AC is extended to "Sustainable development through biotechnology" by Vidya Pratishthan as an eligible project for a further period of three years beginning with financial year 2008-09, without any change in the approved project cost, the extension being made following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly.

Exemption under section 35AC: government notification approves specific institutions' projects for deductible costs subject to capped limits and approval periods.
Exemption under section 35AC notifies named institutions and approves specific projects or schemes, stating estimated project costs and the maximum cumulative amount of those costs allowable as deduction under the provision, with those caps applicable across the designated financial years and subject to amendment notes that revise certain amounts.

Special Economic Zone area amendment updates notified SEZ land area, replacing previously stated measurement with corrected measurement.
The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, amends a prior notification by replacing the previously stated total area with a revised measurement for the notified SEZ; the change is limited to the numerical description of the site's extent in the earlier Gazette notification.

Exemption for goods from specified northeastern states expanded by amending input output entries, altering eligible final products and inputs.
Amendment revises the table in paragraph 2A of the Central Excise notification exempting goods cleared from units in specified northeastern States by substituting and inserting serial entries that map eligible final goods to their qualifying inputs. Substitutions create separate rows for cement and cement clinker linked to limestone and gypsum inputs; modify the entry for modified starch or glucose to specify maize/maize starch or tapioca starch inputs; and insert entries for fatty acids or glycerine tied to specified crude oils and for ferro alloys tied to chrome ore or manganese ore, thereby redefining exemption eligibility under the notification.

Exemption for goods produced in specific areas updated to reclassify tariff entries and insert additional exempted items.
Amends the original notification's paragraph 2 TABLE by substituting certain serial entries and inserting new ones to reclassify goods and their linked inputs for exemption, including revised entries for cement and its raw materials, cement clinker and limestone, modified starch or glucose and starch sources, and newly inserted entries for fatty acids or glycerine tied to specified crude oils, and for ferro alloys tied to specified ores.

Excise notification amendment revises area-based table entries and inserts entries for clinker, starch and fatty acids.
The notification amends paragraph 2 of Notification No.56/2003 by substituting S.No.12 to list Cement with Limestone and adding S.No.12A for Cement clinker with Limestone; substituting S.No.13 to list Modified starch or Glucose from maize, maize starch or tapioca starch; and inserting S.No.15A for Fatty acids or Glycerine from crude palm kernel, coconut, mustard or rapeseed oil and S.No.15B for Ferro alloys from chrome ore or manganese ore.

Excise duty exemption expanded to add and redefine specific manufactured goods and their linked raw-material inputs.
Substitutes and inserts table entries in paragraph 2 of the Jammu & Kashmir units exemption notification to redefine goods and their allowable inputs: it restructures cement and cement clinker entries linked to limestone/gypsum inputs, revises modified starch or glucose entries tied to maize or tapioca inputs, and inserts fatty acids or glycerine linked to crude vegetable oils and ferro alloys linked to chrome or manganese ore as newly exempted items.

Excise notification amendment updates exempted goods list, altering cement, starch, fatty acids and ferro alloys entries.
Revises the notification's schedule by substituting the cement entry to distinguish cement and cement clinker with their inputs, substituting the modified starch or glucose entry to specify eligible raw materials, and inserting new entries for fatty acids or glycerine and for ferro alloys together with their respective input materials, thereby updating the list of finished goods and inputs eligible under the exemption framework.

Excise exemption: notification revises eligible goods and inputs for relief in specified production areas under central excise law.
Amendment revises paragraph 2 of the principal notification by substituting specified table entries and inserting new serial entries to redefine goods and their allowed inputs that qualify for excise relief in the designated area. It replaces prior entries for cement and related inputs, updates the entry for modified starch or glucose with prescribed raw materials, and inserts new entries for fatty acids or glycerine and for ferro alloys together with their specified ores, effectuating the change under the cited excise and additional duties provisions.

Excise exemption amendments update eligible outputs and linked inputs for factories in the North East, altering entitlement scope.
The notification amends the excise-exemption table for factories in specified North East states by substituting S.No.12 (now listing cement and its inputs) and S.No.13 (modified starch or glucose with specified starch inputs), adding S.No.12A for cement clinker and limestone, and inserting S.No.15A (fatty acids or glycerine with specified oils) and S.No.15B (ferro alloys with chrome or manganese ore), thereby updating eligible outputs, their inputs and chapter classifications under Notification No. 33/99-Central Excise.