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Notification 10 November 2015

Notification No.252/2015 [F.No.V.27015/3/2015-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 3062(E)

Section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Eligible Projects or Schemes, Expenditure on - Notified Eligible Projects or Schemes

What this is

Notification No.252/2015 [F.No.V.27015/3/2015-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 3062(E) was published on 10 November 2015. Its subject is Section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Eligible Projects or Schemes, Expenditure on - Notified Eligible Projects or Schemes.

What it does

The notification extends, under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the eligible project "Expansion Project - purchase of equipments for increasing number of free eye surgeries and running of Hospital at Village - Ognaj, Ahmedabad, Gujarat" carried out by Lions Club of Karnavati Foundation, Village Ognaj, District Ahmedabad - 382421. The project stands at serial number 7 of S.O. 497(E) dated 26 May 2000 and has been extended four times before, the last extension ending with financial year 2014-15. It is now notified for a further three years, financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, without any change in the approved cost of Rs. 437.50 lakh including a corpus fund of Rs. 150.00 lakh.

Why it was issued

The project was likely to extend beyond fifteen years and the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, being satisfied that it was being executed properly, recommended a further extension under sub-rule (5) of rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.

Who it reaches

Lions Club of Karnavati Foundation, Ognaj, Ahmedabad
donors claiming deduction under section 35AC for this project
assessing officers examining section 35AC claims for assessment year 2016-17 onwards

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 Act	Now
s.35AC	no 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 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961 - ELIGIBLE PROJECTS OR SCHEMES, EXPENDITURE ON - NOTIFIED ELIGIBLE PROJECTS OR SCHEMES
NOTIFICATION NO. SO 3062(E) [NO.252/2015 (F.NO.V.27015/3/2015-SO (NAT.COM))], DATED 10-11-2015
Whereas by notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O.497(E) dated the 26th May, 2000, issued under sub-section (1) read with 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 7, "Expansion Project - purchase of equipments for increasing number of free eye surgeries and running of Hospital at Village - Ognaj, Ahmedabad, Gujarat" by "Lions Club of Karnavati Foundation, At & Post - Village Ognaj, Village Ognaj, District - Ahmedabad - 382421", as an eligible project or scheme for a period of three years beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, which was extended further vide notification number S.O.528(E) dated the 9th May, 2003 for a period of three years beginning with assessment year 2004-2005, which was extended further vide notification number S.O.244(E) dated the 15th February, 2007 for a period of three years beginning with financial year 2006-2007, which was extended further vide notification number S.O. 848(E) dated 25th March, 2009 for a period of three years beginning with financial year 2009-10 and which was extended further vide notification number S.O. 2894(E) dated the 27.12.2011 for a period of three years ending with financial year 2014-15;
And whereas the said project or scheme is likely to extend beyond fifteen 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 years;
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 notifies the scheme or project "Expansion Project - purchase of equipments for increasing number of free eye surgeries and running of Hospital at Village - Ognaj, Ahmedabad, Gujarat" being carried out by "Lions Club of Karnavati Foundation, At & Post - Village Ognaj, Village Ognaj, District - Ahmedabad - 382421", without any change in the approved cost of Rs.437.50 lakh including a corpus fund of Rs.150.00 lakh, as an eligible project or scheme for a further period of three years beginning with financial year 2015-16 i.e 2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18.
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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 Rules	Now, in the 2026 Rules
Rule 11M	no counterpart recorded

From when

financial year 2015-16.

What to watch

The extension runs for financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 and no further.
The approved cost is unchanged at Rs. 437.50 lakh including a corpus fund of Rs. 150.00 lakh, so the corpus component is within and not over that ceiling.
The chain of earlier extensions shifts from assessment years to financial years from S.O. 244(E) dated 15 February 2007 onwards; read the period accordingly.

Where you meet it

In the donor's return of income where deduction under section 35AC is claimed, and in the certificate the Foundation issues to the donor 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. 3/2022 — Specifying forms returns statements reports orders by whatever name called prescribed in appendix ii to be furnished ele 16 July 2022
Notification No. 2/2019 [F. No. V. 27013/3/2018-SO(NAT.COM)]/SO 3122(E) — Ministry of Finance 28 August 2019
Notification No. 1/2019 [F. No. V. 27013/3/2018-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 1706(E) — Ministry of Finance 8 May 2019
Notification No. S.O. 1706 [No. 1/2019 (F.No.V.27013/3/2018-SO(nat.com)] — Section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, read with rule 11G of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 - Eligible Projects or Scheme 8 May 2019
Notification No. 2/2018 [F.No.V.27013/3/2018-SO(NAT.COM)] SO 5160(E) — Ministry of Finance 5 October 2018
Notification No. 1/2018 [F.No.V.27013/3/2018-SO(NAT.COM)] / SO 1658(E) — MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th April, 2018 S.O 17 April 2018

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