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Notification 11 February 2015

Notification No.117/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2014-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 487(E)

Section 35AC, read with Explanation (b) thereto, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Eligible Projects or Schemes, Expenditure on - Notified Eligible Projects or Schemes - Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray, Gujarat

What this is

Notification No.117/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2014-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 487(E) was published on 11 February 2015. Its subject is Section 35AC, read with Explanation (b) thereto, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Eligible Projects or Schemes, Expenditure on - Notified Eligible Projects or Schemes - Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray, Gujarat.

What it does

The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, specifies the project "Recurring expenses for the girls hostel, orphanage, centre for handicapped children at Bharacha, Kutch and Halwad centre at Surendranagar", carried out by Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray, Behind Police Station, N.H. 8-A, Bhachau-Kutch, Gujarat-370140, as an eligible project or scheme for a further period of three financial years commencing with 2013-14, that is 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The approved cost is left unchanged at Rs. 2.58 crore including a corpus fund of Rs. 50 lakh. The notification adds that since financial year 2013-14 has already lapsed, no exemption under section 35AC shall be available for that financial year.

Why it was issued

The project or scheme is likely to extend beyond six years, and the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, being satisfied that it is being executed properly, made a further recommendation under sub-rule (5) of rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 for extending it by three years.

Who it reaches

The provisions it speaks to

Left, the provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961 as the instrument itself names it. Right, the section of the Income-tax Act, 2025 that the department’s own concordance maps it to — which is where the same ground is now covered.
Under the 1961 ActNow
s.35ACno counterpart recorded

The instrument, as the Board published it

The words below are the department’s own, reproduced from its published text. Where the department’s copy carried a publisher’s notes after the instrument, those are not reproduced.

SECTION 35AC, READ WITH EXPLANATION (b) THERETO, OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961 - ELIGIBLE PROJECTS OR SCHEMES, EXPENDITURE ON - NOTIFIED ELIGIBLE PROJECTS OR SCHEMES - SHRI NAVJIVAN VIKLANG SEVASHRAY, GUJARAT
NOTIFICATION NO.117/2015 [F.NO.V.27015/4/2014-SO(NAT.COM)]/SO 487(E), DATED 11-2-2015
Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O. 466(E) dated 29th March, 2007, issued under clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government had notified at serial number 28,"Recurring expenses for the girls hostel, orphanage, centre for handicapped children at Bharacha, Kutch and Halwad centre at Surendranagar" by "Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray, Behind Polic Station, N.H. 8-A, Bhachau-Kutch,Gujarat-370140", as an eligible project or scheme for a period of three years beginning with financial year 2007-08 and which was further extended vide notification number S.O. 3063(E) dated 30th December, 2010 for a period of three years ending with financial year 2012-13;
And whereas by notification number S.O. 3063(E) dated 30th December, 2010 the estimated cost was enhanced from 'Rs.1.43 crore' to 'Rs.2.58 crore including" corpus" fund of Rs.50 lakh';
And whereas the said project or scheme is likely to extend beyond six years;
And whereas the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, being satisfied that the said project or scheme is being executed properly, made a further recommendation under sub-rule (5) of rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 for extending the said project or scheme for a further period of three year.
Now, therefore, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), hereby specifies the scheme or project, "Recurring expenses for the girls hostel, orphanage, centre for handicapped children at Bharacha, Kutch and Halwad centre at Surendranagar", is being carried out by "Shri Navjivan Viklang Sevashray, Behind Polic Station, N.H. 8-A, Bhachau-Kutch,Gujarat-370140", without any change in the approved cost of Rs.2.58 crore including corpus fund of Rs.50 lakh, as an eligible project or scheme for a further period of three financial years commencing with 2013-14 i.e., financial year 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. Since the financial year 2013-14 has already lapsed, no exemption under Section 35AC shall be available for the said financial year 2013-14.
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What it changes

The rule numbers are the 1962 Rules’ own, as the notification names them. The right-hand column is the department’s own mapping into the Income-tax Rules, 2026, which renumbered nearly everything.
Rule of the 1962 RulesNow, in the 2026 Rules
Rule 11Mno counterpart recorded

From when

financial year 2013-14, but with no exemption available for that year as it had already lapsed.

What to watch

Where you meet it

In a donor's return claiming deduction under section 35AC for a payment to the institution, and in the certificate it issues for the year of payment.

What it names

Rules it names. Rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. The 1962 Rules were replaced by the Income-tax Rules, 2026, which renumbered nearly everything: a rule number quoted here almost never means the same rule today.

On the same provision

Other instruments in this library that name the same provision of the 1961 Act. They are not necessarily still operative, and a later one may have replaced an earlier one without saying so.

← Notification No.119/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2014-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 489(E)  ·  Notification No.116/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2014-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 486(E) →

What a notification is. A notification is made under a power the Act itself gives, and within that power it is law — unlike a circular, which only binds the department. Its reach is the reach of the enabling provision and no wider, and the date it carries decides from when it works.

Source: the Income Tax Department’s own published text — its page for this instrument.