Tax deduction eligibility extended for construction of school project after National Committee recommendation under section 35AC.
The Central Government, under the Explanation to section 35AC, specifies that the scheme of construction of a school at Ambazari Road, Nagpur, carried out by The Blind Relief Association, is an eligible project for tax-deduction purposes for a further two years beginning with assessment year 2002-2003, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and is likely to extend beyond its original three-year period; the notification records the estimated project cost.

Tax exemption eligibility extended: construction and operation of SOS Children's Village confirmed for an additional specified term.
The Central Government specifies the construction of a school building and operation of SOS Children's Villages at Tambaram East, Chennai, by SOS Children's Villages of India - Chatnath Homes as an eligible project or scheme for tax-benefit purposes, extending a prior three-year specification for a further three-year period following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being properly executed; the notification states the implementing organization, location, and estimated project cost.

Eligible project expenditure under section 35AC: amendment adds vehicle to allowable items for Arogyadham Global Aids Research Foundation.
The Central Government, on the National Committee's recommendation and under the explanatory clause related to section 35AC, amends a Ministry of Finance notification to substitute the project description for a listed charitable project so as to add vehicle acquisition to the enumerated qualifying expenditures-alongside construction, equipment purchase, furnishing, botanical garden development and running costs-thereby clarifying that vehicles are included as allowable outlays for that approved project.

Tax deduction eligibility extended for World Memorial Fund TB Project, with expanded mobile teams and amended approved cost.
The Central Government designates the World Memorial Fund T.B. Project, executed by The Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief India, as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three-year period following the National Committee's recommendation, and amends the project entry to expand the scope from four to nine mobile teams across additional states and to substitute the previously stated maximum allowable project cost with a revised higher figure.

Section 35AC eligible project extension: Residential training centre for mentally retarded persons retained as eligible under revised project cost.
The notification specifies that the scheme for equipment, furnishing and running of a Residential Training Centre for mentally retarded persons at Sabarkantha District by Sahyog Kushthayagna Trust is an eligible project under Section 35AC, and records the National Committee's recommendation to amend the project cost and extend the project's period of eligibility for a further specified term.

Eligible project extension under section 35AC: ENT Charitable Trust's ear-care and school project specified for a further three-year period.
The Central Government specifies ENT Charitable Trust's project for purchase of equipment and construction of a building to operate a school and a centre for the care of the ear in Malad East, Mumbai, as an eligible project for tax-incentive purposes, re-specified for a further three-year period beginning with the assessment year 2002-2003 following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly; the project is carried out at an estimated cost of three crores seventy five lakhs.

Eligible project designation under section 35AC extended for Karnatak Health Institute health and hydel projects.
The Central Government, under section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, specifies as eligible project or scheme the establishment of a mini hydel project at Gokak Canal and the running of a hospital with freeship for poor patients by Karnatak Health Institute, Ghataprabha, and, on the National Committee's recommendation that the scheme is being executed properly, extends that specification for a further three-year period beginning with the stated assessment year.

Extension of eligible project under section 35AC authorises continued tax relieved support for National Association for the Blind schemes.
Central Government, under section 35AC, specifies and extends for three years the eligible project of the National Association for the Blind, Mumbai, following a National Committee recommendation under rule 11M(5). The specified activities include education of blind children with sighted peers, Braille production facilities, glaucoma prevention, an all India talking book centre, and services for multi disabled blind children, with an estimated project cost and an associated corpus fund recorded as part of the specification.

Tax benefit eligibility for charity medical scheme extended after regulatory recommendation for further three years.
The Central Government, acting under the income-tax eligibility provision and on the National Committee's recommendation, specifies the Gujarat Sarvar Mandal scheme providing free medical aid to poor and destitute patients in Ahmedabad as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2002-2003, at an estimated cost of thirty six lakhs. The notification notes prior extensions, that the project may extend beyond six years, and that the Committee was satisfied with the project's execution.

Eligible project designation under section 35AC extended for construction of community care and research centre, allowing continued qualifying expenditure.
Acting on the National Committee's recommendation, the Central Government specifies the construction of a community care and research centre at Miraj as an eligible project or scheme for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2002-2003, thereby permitting continued qualification of expenditure under the tax incentive provision; the specification follows prior notifications and notes the project's estimated cost and extended duration.

Tax deduction eligibility extended for Rural Mobile Clinic scheme, permitting continued qualifying expenditure treatment under the specified project.
The Central Government, under section 35AC, specifies that expenditure on the Rural Mobile Clinic project run by Hindu Mission Hospital qualifies as an eligible project for tax-deduction purposes; the National Committee recommended a further three-year specification beginning with assessment year 2002-2003, and the notification records the project's estimated cost including a corpus fund.

Eligible project under section 35AC extended for Shri Baldevdas Charitable Trust enabling welfare activities for three years.
Central Government specifies extension of the eligible project status for Shri Baldevdas Charitable Trust's scheme-purchase of an ambulance, instruments and running welfare activities (medical aid/camps, distribution of foodgrain and clothes) in rural and urban slums around Ahmedabad-as an eligible project for a further three year period beginning with assessment year 2002 2003, following a National Committee recommendation and on the basis of estimated project cost and corpus fund.

Section 35AC eligible project designation extended for rehabilitation programme, allowing specified expenditure treatment for the society.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC, specifies the extended programme of free polio operations and provision of free artificial limbs carried out by the named society as an eligible project or scheme for tax treatment; the National Committee recommended a further three-year specification and the notification applies that extension beginning with the assessment year 2002-2003 at the estimated project cost stated in the notification.

Eligible project designation under section 35AC extended for construction and training facilities at Ramakrishna Mission.
Specification under section 35AC designates construction of an overhead tank, a nurses' training school with hostel and doctor's quarters at Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal, as an eligible project; the Central Government extends eligibility for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2002-2003 on the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly and will extend beyond six years, naming Ramakrishna Mission, P.O. Belur Math, District Howrah, West Bengal as the executing body and recording the estimated capital cost.

Section 35AC exemption extended for intraocular lens project; project cost ceiling increased under amended notification.
The Central Government specifies the project of purchase of equipment and provision of facilities for intraocular lens operations by Smt. Rekhaben Kataria Smruti Trust, Morbi, Rajkot, Gujarat, as an eligible project under the exemption provisions for a further period beginning with the assessment year 2002-2003; the existing notification is amended to increase the maximum project cost figure in the notification's table entry by substituting the previously stated amount with a higher ceiling.

Exemption under section 35AC: eligible hospital project extension approved, enabling continued deduction eligibility for further period.
The Central Government specifies the construction, repair and upgradation of buildings, purchase of equipment, furnishing and running of a hospital by Shri Kandivali Hitvardhak Mandal as an eligible project for tax exemption, following a National Committee recommendation that the project is being properly executed, and extends the eligibility for a further three year period commencing with the stated assessment year, recording the estimated project cost and included corpus fund.

Section 35AC designation extended for Helpage India's medical and elderly welfare schemes, continuing tax-exempt treatment.
Central Government specifies continued eligibility for tax exemption under section 35AC by designating Helpage India's welfare activities as an eligible project or scheme for a further three-year period beginning with assessment year 2002-2003, following prior specifications and a National Committee recommendation that the project is being executed properly.

Exemption under section 35AC: Mid-day Meal Scheme designated eligible for continued tax-exempt status following committee recommendation.
The Central Government specifies the Mid-day Meal Scheme run by Maria Seva Sangh in three Bangalore schools as an eligible project for tax exemption under section 35AC, following prior notifications and a National Committee recommendation. The Government designates the scheme, at an estimated cost of fifteen lakhs, for a further two-year period beginning with the assessment year 2002-2003 pursuant to the powers under the Act and rule 11M procedures.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for community health and education project, renewing eligibility for a further three-year period.
Central Government specified the Community Health and Supplementary Education Project at Panchmahal and Vadodara, run by Trust for Reaching the Unreached, as an eligible scheme under section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with the assessment year 2001-2002, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project was being executed properly and invoking the government's power under the Explanation to section 35AC.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Sports Coaching Foundation projects, permitting continued tax-exempt donations during the renewed period.
The Central Government specifies both the capital-nature and revenue-nature Sports Coaching Foundation projects at Masab Tank, Hyderabad, as eligible under section 35AC for a further three-year assessment period following a National Committee recommendation that the projects are being properly executed, thereby permitting tax-deductible contributions to those specified projects during the extended period.