Deduction Denied for Long-Term Finance: Court Rules Against Assessee u/s 36(1)(viii) for Dairy Cooperative Loans.

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....Deduction u/s 36(1)(viii) - long term finance for agricultural and industrial development - AO declined to allow the deduction on the ground that notification declaring the assessee as a financial institution was issued on 23.02.2004, which fell in the subsequent year - Contention raised by assessee cannot be accepted. Hence, we are of the considered view that providing long term finance for industrial or agricultural development to various diary cooperations cannot be covered as long term finance extended for agricultural or industrial development. - HC....