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Notification 17 December 2015

Notification No. 266/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2015-SO (NAT.COM)] /SO 3440(E)

Ministry of Finance

What this is

Notification No. 266/2015 [F.No.V.27015/4/2015-SO (NAT.COM)] /SO 3440(E) was published on 17 December 2015. Its subject is Ministry of Finance.

What it does

In exercise of the power under sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Government specifies the project "Construction of building, equipment, furnishing and running of Hospital and Research Centre at Hojai, District Nagaon, Assam", carried out by Haji Abdul Majid Memorial Public Trust, Hojai, as an eligible project or scheme for a further period of three years beginning with financial year 2015-16, that is 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18, without any change in the approved cost of Rs. 7593.00 lakh. The recitals trace the original specification at serial number 13 of S.O. 591(E) dated 20 August 1997 for three years from assessment year 1998-99 and the successive extensions granted in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2013.

Why it was issued

The National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, being satisfied that the project is being executed properly, made a further recommendation under sub-rule (5) of rule 11M of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 for specifying it for a further period of three years.

Who it reaches

Haji Abdul Majid Memorial Public Trust as the executing body
Donors to the project claiming deduction under section 35AC
The National Committee monitoring execution of the project
Assessing Officers examining donors' claims

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 department publishes this one only as a PDF, so the words below were read out of that PDF by machine. That reading can carry its own mistakes — a misread number, a broken line. Check the signed document before you rely on a figure in it.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th December, 2015
S.O. 3440(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number S.O.591(E) dated the 20th August, 1997, 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 specified at serial number 13, "Construction of building, equipment, furnishing and running of Hospital and Research Centre at Hojai, District Nagaon, Assam" by "Haji Abdul Majid Memorial Public Trust, P.O. Hojai, Village Gopal Nagar, District-Nagaon, Assam-782435", as an eligible project or scheme at the projected cost of Rs.7593.00 lakh, for a period of three years beginning with assessment year 1998-1999, which was extended further vide notification number S.O.1030(E) dated the 17th November, 2000 for a period of three years beginning with assessment year 2001-2002, which was extended further vide notification number S.O.378(E) dated the 19th March, 2004 for a period of three years beginning with financial year 2003-2004 and which was extended further vide notification number S.O.481(E) dated the 29th March, 2007 for a period of three years beginning with financial year 2006-2007 and which was further extended vide S.O. 2615(E) dated 14th October, 2009 for a period of three years ending with financial year 2011-12 and which was further extended vide S.O. 3182(E) dated 17th October, 2013 for a period of three years ending with financial year 2014-15;

And whereas the said project or scheme is likely to extend beyond eighteen 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 specifying the said project or scheme for a further period of three years;

And whereas the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, has also decided that further extension will be considered in the instant case after the raised funds have been utilized for the project.

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 "Construction of building, equipment, furnishing and running of Hospital and Research Centre at Hojai, District Nagaon, Assam", being carried out by Haji Abdul Majid Memorial Public Trust, P.O. Hojai, Village Gopal Nagar, District-Nagaon, Assam-782435, without any change in the approved cost of Rs. 7593.00 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.

[No. 266/2015/F. No. V. 27015/4/2015-SO (NAT.COM)]
MAKKHAN LAL MEENA, Dy. Secy. (National Committee)

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 three years beginning with financial year 2015-16 and ends with financial year 2017-18.
The approved cost stays at Rs. 7593.00 lakh, so a claim beyond that cost is not covered by the specification.
The National Committee has decided that any further extension will be considered only after the funds already raised have been utilised for the project.
The recitals note that the project is likely to extend beyond eighteen years, which is the setting in which the further recommendation was made.

Where you meet it

In a donor's claim to deduction under section 35AC for a donation to this project, and in the certificate the trust issues to the donor.

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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