Exemption for fees for technical services: foreign maintenance contract receipts excluded from taxable income computation.
The Central Government specifies that income characterized as royalty or fees for technical services earned by the named foreign company for maintenance of aero engines under its contract with the Ministry of Defence shall not be included in computing that company's total income under the Income-tax Act, limited to the income and contractual source identified in the notification.

Anti-dumping duty continuation on Metronidazole extended after statutory review under Section 9A, amending prior customs notification.
An amendment to the principal customs notification authorizes continuation of the anti-dumping duty on Metronidazole from China PR by inserting a provision that the duty shall remain in force for the extended period specified by the Government, subject to earlier revocation, following a continuation review requested and conducted under the statutory review procedure in the Customs Tariff framework.

Tariff value fixation updated for specified edible oils and brass scrap; brass scrap value revised, others unchanged.
Amendment substitutes the tariff table in Notification No. 36/2001 Cus (N.T.) to fix per metric tonne tariff values for specified imports. The table lists values for Crude Palm Oil, RBD Palm Oil, other Palm Oil categories, Crude Palmolein, RBD Palmolein, other Palmolein categories, Crude Soyabean Oil (noted as unchanged), Brass Scrap (all grades) and Poppy Seeds, and is declared the operative schedule for customs valuation.

Regional Director jurisdictions defined, assigning headquarters and state coverage to specify administrative regions under companies regulations.
The amendment to Regulation 2 defines Regional Director as the person appointed by the Central Government in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and prescribes six regional directorates with headquarters and the specific States and Union Territories comprising each region: North (Noida), North Western (Ahmedabad), Western (Mumbai), Southern (Chennai), Eastern and North Eastern, and South East (Hyderabad).

Tax deduction for specified rehabilitation projects extended and maximum eligible project cost ceiling increased by amendment.
Notification extends the eligibility period of the Bhagwan Manaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti rehabilitation scheme for a further three-year term and increases the maximum project cost eligible for deduction by substituting the previously notified cost ceiling with a higher cost ceiling in the original notification's table entry.

Extension of eligible project status under Section 35AC: trust-run educational project renewed for a further three-year notified period.
The Central Government renews the notified tax-incentive status of the "Muktangan" balwadi and school project for a further three financial years commencing 2011-12, following a recommendation by the national committee that the project is being properly executed, and retains the previously approved recurring-expenditure allowance and corpus-fund allocation.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Adhiparasakthi Health and Social Upgradation Program, continuing tax-deductible project status.
The Central Government has extended notification under Section 35AC to maintain tax-benefit eligibility for the Adhiparasakthi Health and Social Upgradation Program - a medical hospital project, an HIV project and a rural development program carried out by Adhiparasakthi Charitable, Medical, Educational and Cultural Trust - for a further three-year period on the recommendation of the National Committee, with no change to the approved project cost.

Tax incentive eligibility extended for hospital plant and infrastructure project, preserving deduction entitlement for three further years.
The Central Government, on the National Committee's recommendation, has extended eligibility for the project "Purchase and installation of plant and machinery, expansion of infrastructure" by Jain Social Federation's Anandrishiji Hospital & Medical Research Centre for three further financial years commencing 2011-12, without any change to the previously approved project cost, thereby maintaining the project's qualification for the statutory tax incentive mechanism.

Tax exemption eligibility extended for Mobile Charitable Dispensary project, permitting continued tax-deductible support under the notified scheme.
The Central Government has notified the Mobile Charitable Dispensary and Medical Aid Project by Bharat Sevashram Sangha as an eligible project for an additional three financial years commencing with 2011-12, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly; the extension is granted without any change to the previously approved project cost.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Nanaksar Dashmesh Public School, notifying the project for three further financial years.
Extension of eligibility under Section 35AC is notified for the Nanaksar Dashmesh Public School project by Anand Isher Educational Charitable Trust for a further three financial years beginning 2011 12, based on the National Committee's recommendation and with no change to the approved project cost of Rs. 18.51 crore.

Section 35AC notification extends eligibility and increases allowable project cost for Geetanjali Hospital project.
The Central Government, pursuant to Section 35AC and on recommendation of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, notifies extension of the project "Extension of Geetanjali Hospital, construction of gynaecology and child care block" by Geetanjali University Trust for a further three financial years commencing 2011-12, and amends the earlier notification to substitute the previously specified maximum cost with an increased ceiling that includes a corpus fund for purposes of deduction under the Act.

Extension of tax-exempt project status for Shri Vedmata Gayatri Trust approved for a further multi-year period.
Extension of the tax-incentive notification designates Shri Vedmata Gayatri Trust's development programme at Shantikunj - covering construction of educational, healthcare and residential facilities, purchase of equipment and books, and running healthcare and education programmes - as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2011-12, without any change in the approved total project cost including the corpus fund, following the National Committee's recommendation under the governing rules.

Section 35AC notification extends eligibility and adds afforestation to Srinivasan Services Trust rural projects for a further period.
Notification under Section 35AC re notifies Srinivasan Services Trust's "Rural Development Projects at 30 Villages" for a further three year period commencing 2011 12, following the National Committee's recommendation. The amendment adds afforestation to the project scope and increases the maximum project cost admissible for deduction, reflecting earlier inclusions of additional villages and prior cost enhancements.

Section 35AC deduction extended for Gandhigram Trust scheme, increasing allowable project cost and corpus fund eligibility.
The Central Government extends notification of the Gandhigram Trust sustainability and building corpus fund project as eligible for deduction under section 35AC for a further three financial years commencing 2011-12, on the recommendation of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare. The notification also amends the earlier allowance for maximum project cost, increasing the permissible ceiling to Rs. 100.00 lakh, including a corpus fund of Rs. 50 lakh, by substituting the previous table entry.

Section 35AC notification extends charitable project eligibility and raises the permissible project cost cap for deductions.
The Central Government, invoking the Explanation to section 35AC, extends the National Association for the Blind project's eligibility for deductible contributions for three additional financial years beginning 2011-12 and amends the prior notification to increase the maximum project cost permitted for deduction by substituting the earlier notified cost figure with a higher amount.

Section 35AC notification extends eligibility of Dr. M.L. Dhawale Memorial Trust's healthcare project for further period under tax incentive.
The Central Government, under the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, notifies the Dr. M.L. Dhawale Memorial Trust's project-comprising construction of a 30-bed hospital, modernisation of existing hospital facilities, and mobile health clinics/community health workers programme-as an eligible project for a further three-year period commencing with financial year 2011-12, with the approved cost remaining at Rs. 906 lakh following a recommendation by the National Committee for the Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Pratham Delhi Education Initiative, preserving approved project cost and tax-deductible status.
Extension of tax-incentive eligibility under Section 35AC is granted to the Pratham Delhi Education Initiative for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year 2011-12, on the recommendation of the National Committee under rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, and without any change to the previously approved project cost.

Section 35AC eligible project extension for Disha Charitable Trust projects; eligibility continued without change in approved cost.
Notification extends the eligibility of the Disha Special School and Therapy Centre, the Disha Autism Centre and the Community Based Rehabilitation Programme carried out by Disha Charitable Trust as eligible projects under the relevant income tax provision for a further specified multi year period, without any change in the approved project cost, following a recommendation by the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for One Teacher School literacy project, with increased maximum deductible project cost.
The Central Government specifies the literacy project of running 2,890 One Teacher Schools by Friends of the Tribal Society as an eligible project for a further three-year period commencing 2011-12 and, on the National Committee's recommendation, amends the prior notification to substitute the earlier sanctioned maximum project cost with a higher revised project cost for the purpose of allowable deduction under the income-tax provision.

Section 35AC notification extends eligible rural development scheme and increases allowable project cost and corpus fund.
Notification under Section 35AC extends SEWA Rural's Integrated Rural Development project as an eligible scheme for deduction for a further three years commencing financial year 2011 12, and amends the previously notified maximum project cost and corpus fund by substituting the earlier figures with increased amounts following the National Committee's recommendation under the Income tax Rules.