Appointment of Chairperson under Section 28A: new chairperson designated replacing prior incumbent effective upon publication.
Amendment substitutes the entry at serial number (1) in the notification issued under Section 28A of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 by designating Dr. (Smt.) Pravinder Sohi Behurla, IRS (Retd.) as Chairperson, with the substitution effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette and replacing the former entry at serial number (1).

Section 35AC eligible project extension: Palana Reddy trust's old-age home scheme extended for three years.
The Central Government, on the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M(5), has notified an extension of the Section 35AC eligible project "Enhancement of the activities of present old age home and upcoming 200 old aged SC/ST/OBC & Below Poverty Line Persons" carried out by Palana Reddy Memorial Charitable Trust, maintaining the originally approved cost and specifying the project as eligible for a further three financial years commencing 2015-16.

Tax deduction under Section 35AC extended for Balgram SOS Children's Villages, preserving approved cost and donor eligibility.
The Central Government re-notifies the project "Balgram SOS Children's Villages", Pune, as an eligible project under Section 35AC for a further three-year period beginning with the financial year 2015-16, without any change in the previously approved project cost, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly.

Eligible project designation extended for Calcutta Rescue following committee recommendation, maintaining approved project cost.
The Central Government, exercising powers under the Explanation to Section 35AC, notifies "Calcutta Rescue" (Regd. Office: 10, Nilmoni Mitra Street, Kolkata) as an eligible project for tax-deduction purposes and extends that notification for a further period of three years commencing with financial year 2015-16, without any change in the approved cost of Rs. 18.57 crore, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly under the procedure prescribed in rule 11M.

Section 35AC eligible project extension granted for tribal welfare scheme, enabling continued tax-deductible expenditure treatment.
The Central Government, acting under the Income-tax Act's enabling provision and following a recommendation of the National Committee, notifies the Tribal Welfare Project carried out by Bharat Sevashram Sangha at Gangpur, Navsari, Gujarat, as an eligible project for a further three years beginning 2015-16, leaving the previously approved project cost unchanged and continuing the project's entitlement to the statute's special expenditure treatment.

Section 35AC eligible project extension preserves tax-deduction eligibility for sanitation and health training centre for further period.
Notification under Section 35AC specifies continuation of tax-deduction treatment for the "Expansion of existing Sanitation, Irrigation and Health Projects Training Centre" by Share Society to Heal Aid Restore Educate, maintaining the previously approved project cost and extending the project's specified eligibility for a further three-year period on the recommendation of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for H.B.S. Trust school and hospital project, preserving qualifying expenditure treatment for three further years.
Section 35AC eligibility for the project "Establishment and running of the school and hospital" by H.B.S. Trust, Jodhpur, is notified as an eligible project for a further three years beginning with financial year 2015-16, with no change in the previously approved cost including the corpus fund, thereby preserving the qualifying status of expenditure on the project for the extended period.

Eligible Project Notification under Section 35AC extends eligibility for a specified social welfare scheme following national committee recommendation.
Notification under Section 35AC designates the "Yuva Parivartan-Second Chance School of Business for less Educated Deprived youth" by Kherwadi Social Welfare Association as an eligible project or scheme, continuing recognition on the same approved estimated cost of Rs. 9.75 crore, and extends the specified period following the National Committee's recommendation under the Income-tax Rules.

Section 35AC eligible project extension: Jeevan Jyot Cancer Relief & Care Trust approved for a further three-year period.
The Central Government, on the National Committee's recommendation under the Income-tax Rules, has notified extension of the project "Maintaining Present Activities of Jeevan Jyot Cancer Relief & Care Trust" as an eligible project under the Explanation to Section 35AC, preserving the previously approved project cost and specifying the project for a further three financial years commencing 2015-16.

Tax deduction eligibility under Section 35AC extended for the Sevalaya children's home project for a further three-year period.
Notification under Section 35AC designates the "Children's Home Project" by Sevalaya, Thiruninravur, as an eligible project for an additional three financial years commencing 2015-16, with no change in the approved cost of Rs. 3.63 crore, including a corpus fund of Rs. 3.00 crore, following the National Committee's recommendation under sub rule (5) of rule 11M of the Income tax Rules, 1962.

Section 35AC tax incentive: plastic waste recycling project specified as eligible for an additional multi-year period.
The Central Government specifies the scheme Recycle Recover Reuse of plastic waste in an eco-friendly manner as an eligible project for tax incentive purposes under the provision corresponding to Section 35AC, renewing its notified status for a further period commencing with the 2015-16 financial year without any change in the approved cost of twenty crore rupees, based on the National Committee's recommendation that the scheme is being executed properly.

Section 35AC eligibility extended for Mid Day Meal project by Iskcon, renewed for a further three-year period.
The Central Government notified that the Mid Day Meal Project in Rajasthan, executed by Iskcon Food Relief Foundation, is eligible under Section 35AC for a further three-year period commencing with financial year 2015-16, following a recommendation by the National Committee under the Income-tax Rules; the notification records proper execution and specifies no change in the previously approved project cost.

Eligible project extension under Section 35AC continues for Public Health Training Institute for three further years.
Central Government notification extends eligibility of the "Public Health Training Institute, Vadodara District at Gujarat" project carried out by Deepak Foundation for a further three financial years commencing 2015-16, without change to the approved corpus fund of ten crore rupees, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being executed properly.

Tax deduction for eligible projects: SEWA Rural's approved project cost amended to increase the corpus fund for the approved period.
The Central Government amends the prior notification for SEWA Rural's approved rural development project to substitute the notified maximum cost wording so that the project's total approved cost remains unchanged while the corpus fund component is increased to the newly specified amount for the approved period ending with financial year 2016 17, following the National Committee's recommendation.

Tax deduction provision extended to ALERT-INDIA for continued eligibility of leprosy and TB public health projects.
ALERT-INDIA's integrated public health scheme for leprosy and TB control and an Airoli health project is re-notified as an eligible project for tax-deduction purposes under the statutory provision, with no change to the previously approved project cost and corpus fund, following the National Committee's recommendation for a further three-year period commencing with the financial year 2015-16.

Section 35AC extension: Mahila Seva Samity scheme notified for a further multi-year period under the existing corpus.
Notification extends the Mahila Seva Samity scheme as an eligible project under the Explanation to section 35AC, carried out by Mahila Seva Samity at the stated address, without any change in the approved corpus fund amount, for a further period of three years commencing with the financial year 2015-16, based on the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M(5) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.

Deduction limit under Section 35AC increased for Vatsalya Trust, raising eligible project cost and allowable deduction.
Amendment under Section 35AC substitutes the earlier notified project cost ceiling for Vatsalya Trust's eligible welfare scheme with a higher revised amount for the approved period ending with financial year 2016-17, following a recommendation by the National Committee that the project is being executed properly.

Section 35AC eligible project extension: Medical Camps retains tax-deduction eligibility for an additional three-year period.
Section 35AC notification extends eligibility of the "Medical Camps" scheme by Empathy Foundation for a further three-year period commencing 2015-16 and, following the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M, amends the original notification's Table to substitute the previously prescribed maximum allowable deduction with a higher ceiling to reflect the increased project cost.

Section 35AC eligible project designation extended, hospital project remains eligible for three more financial years.
The Central Government notifies the "Hospital project" by Sevasangh Sarvajanik Hospital Trust as an eligible project under section 35AC for a further three financial years commencing 2015-16, on the recommendation of the National Committee, without any change in the approved project cost of Rs. 2 crore including a corpus fund of Rs. 1 crore.

Section 35AC extension: Watershed Project by READS extended for an additional three-year period under existing approved cost.
The Central Government re-notifies the Watershed Project implemented by READS - Rural Education and Development Society as an eligible scheme under the Income-tax Act for a further three-year period commencing with the 2015-16 fiscal year, at the same approved cost, following the National Committee's recommendation under the procedural rule that permits further specification when execution is satisfactory and the project is likely to extend beyond six years.