Approval under income-tax charitable exemption grants Sanjay Shiksha Samiti Jaipur recognition subject to compliance with prescribed rules.
Approval is granted to Sanjay Shiksha Samiti, Jaipur for recognition as a charitable institution for assessment year 2005-06 onwards, provided the society conforms to and complies with the qualifying conditions of the income-tax exemption provision and the procedural requirements of the income-tax rules.

Appointment of Value Added Tax Officer made to assist the Commissioner in administration of the VAT law.
Under clause (a) of sub section (2) of Section 66 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 read with rule 47 of the Delhi VAT Rules, 2005, Sh. Satish Kumar is appointed as Value Added Tax Officer with immediate effect to assist the Commissioner of Value Added Tax in administration of the Act; notification issued in the name of the Lt. Governor and signed by Archna Arora, Special Secretary (Taxation), dated 18 March 2009.

Section 35AC project extension approved for Integrated Rural Development scheme with increased maximum project cost.
The Central Government, acting on the National Committee's recommendation that the Integrated Rural Development project by Om Prakash Jindal Gramin Jankalyan Sansthan is being executed properly, notifies the scheme as eligible for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2009-2010 and substitutes the previously notified maximum permissible project cost in the original notification's table with a higher amount.

Exemption under section 35AC extended for a charitable project following National Committee recommendation and government notification.
Exemption under section 35AC for "Wipe a tear and win a smile" by Vista India Charitable Trust is extended for a further three-year period beginning 2008-2009 following a recommendation by the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, with no change to the approved project cost.

Exemption under section 35AC extends eligibility of rural upliftment project for a further three-year period under notified scheme.
The Central Government re-notifies the rural development project carried out by National Agro Foundation as eligible for income-tax exemption for a further three-year period beginning with financial year 2008-2009, following the National Committee's recommendation that the project is being properly executed, and confirms no change in the approved project cost.

Tax exemption under section 35AC extended for community mental health programme, preserving donor eligibility for tax relief.
Notification extends the exemption under section 35AC to the Community Mental Health programmes run by Ashagram Trust, authorising a further three-year period of eligibility beginning with the 2008-2009 financial year. The Central Government acted on the National Committee's recommendation under rule 11M, finding the project properly executed, and maintained the previously approved project cost while continuing the scheme's status as eligible for the tax-exemption framework.

Exemption under section 35AC extended to Day care hospital and mobile hospice rural outreach programme for further period.
Notification recognises the "Day care hospital and mobile hospice rural outreach programme" by Rawal Mallinathji Foundation as an eligible project under section 35AC, and, following a recommendation of the National Committee that the scheme is properly executed, the Central Government extends its notified eligibility for a further three-year period without any change in the approved project cost.

Research institution approval ensures tax-favourable treatment for donations when accounting, audit and reporting conditions are met.
Approval under section 35(1)(ii) recognises Upasi Tea Research Foundation as an eligible 'other Institution' partly engaged in scientific research; conditions require utilisation of sums for scientific research, research to be carried out by faculty or enrolled students, maintenance of separate books for research receipts and expenditure, audit of those books by a qualified accountant, and furnishing the audit report and a certified statement of donations and application of sums to the tax authorities by the return due date.

Tax exemption under section 35AC extended for kidney disease awareness programme, preserving donor deduction eligibility.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, notifies that the project "Prevention of kidney diseases through awareness programme" by India Renal Foundation is an eligible project for deduction purposes and extends its notified period for a further three years beginning with financial year 2008-2009, without any change in the approved project cost of Rs. 34.02 lakhs, following recommendation of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare.

Tax exemption under Section 35AC: eligible hospital project designation extended for a further three-year period.
The Central Government notifies that the project for land development, construction, equipment, furnishing and running of Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital at Rajkot by Prashanti Medical Services and Research Foundation remains an eligible project for tax exemption under Section 35AC, and extends that eligibility for a further three years beginning with financial year 2008-2009, without any change in the previously approved cost including the corpus fund.

Section 35AC exemption extended for Bongaigaon Refinery welfare scheme with extended period and increased project cost.
The Central Government notifies that the Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited welfare project remains eligible for income-tax exemption under the Explanation to section 35AC, extends the notified three year eligibility for an additional three financial years following a positive recommendation by the National Committee for the Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, and amends the earlier notification to increase the previously specified maximum project cost for the scheme.

Tax exemption for charitable construction projects extended after committee recommendation, preserving approved project cost for disability welfare.
Central Government extends designation of the Blind Welfare Council's construction project for education, rehabilitation, training and welfare of persons with disabilities in Dahod as an eligible project for a further three-year period beginning 2008-2009, based on the National Committee's recommendation and without change to the previously approved project cost, pursuant to the statutory notification power and applicable procedural rules for extending notified schemes.

Extension of project eligibility under section 35AC: SMF-CANSTOP authorised for a further fixed period while approved cost remains unchanged.
Central Government notifies extension of eligibility under section 35AC for the project "SMF- CANSTOP [Cancer Support Therapy to overcome pain]" by Sundram Medical Foundation, Chennai, for a further fixed three-year period beginning with financial year 2008-2009, preserving the previously approved project cost without change, pursuant to a recommendation by the National Committee and under the powers conferred by the Income-tax Act and associated rules.

Warehousing station declaration enables designation of Mettubavi Village for an export oriented unit under customs law.
Designation declares "Mettubavi Village, Pollachi Taluk, Coimbatore District" a warehousing station under Section 9 of the Customs Act, 1962 to facilitate an export oriented unit approved by the Ministry of Commerce, effected by the Commissioner of Customs exercising delegated authority under clause (a) of Section 152 pursuant to Notification No. 33/94-Cus. (NT).

Tax exemption approval granted subject to income application, permitted investments, accumulation limits and mandatory audit compliance.
Approval under Section 10(23C)(vi) is granted to C.M.S. Educational Trust from assessment year 2009-2010 subject to conditions: income must be applied or accumulated exclusively for educational objects with limited accumulation period; funds (except certain voluntary contributions) must be invested only in forms permitted by law; income from trade or business is excluded from approval; the trust must obtain statutory audit and file returns; on dissolution surplus and assets must pass to a non-profit educational body; anonymous donations are not covered.

Corrigendum to customs notification updates explanatory phrasing, renumbers subparagraphs and replaces the Note for clarity.
Corrigendum amends a specified customs notification by deleting a designated line, substituting another line to read "(a) in the Explanation,-", renumbering subparagraphs from "(a)" to "(b)" and "(b)" to "(c)", and replacing the 'Note' with a new Note that identifies the principal notification and its last amendment.

Import policy: antiques and antiquarian books now free for import subject to source-country export rules.
Import policy for Exim code 9706 00 00 designates antiques exceeding one hundred years and antiquarian books as Free for import; importers must comply with the export laws of the country of origin as a condition of import.

Appointment of Adjudication Authorities: notification designates vigilance officers as Customs adjudicating authorities and specifies rank and territorial jurisdiction.
The notification appoints specified officers of the Directorate General of Vigilance as officers of Customs for adjudication, assigning each vigilance post a corresponding Customs rank and territorial remit, with the Director General (Vigilance) ranked as Chief Commissioner with all-India jurisdiction; the Table mapping posts to ranks is substituted by a later notification and the instrument supersedes an earlier notification.

Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate a show cause notice under the Customs Act for a named importer.
Appoints an Additional Commissioner of Customs (Import) at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Nhava Sheva, as a common adjudicating authority authorised to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of two specified customs offices for the limited purpose of adjudicating a Show Cause Notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in respect of M/s. Gujrat Pickers Industries Limited.

Appointment of common adjudicating authority to exercise customs adjudication powers for specified show cause notices.
Pursuant to sections 4(1) and 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Additional Commissioner of Customs, Custom House, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of two Additional Commissioners (Import) at Nhava Sheva and Ballard Estate, Mumbai, exclusively for adjudication of show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence concerning M/s. Hi-Growth Importer and Exporters and others as referenced in the notification.