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Notification 18 July 2024

Notification No. 61/2024 [F.No. 500/Misc./S10(23FE)/FT&TR-II] / SO 2837(E)

2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(ii)]

What this is

Notification No. 61/2024 [F.No. 500/Misc./S10(23FE)/FT&TR-II] / SO 2837(E) was published on 18 July 2024. Its subject is 2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(ii)].

What it does

The Central Government, under sub-clause (iv) of clause (c) of Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, amends Notification No. 46/2021 (S.O. 1735(E)) dated 4 May 2021. In the opening paragraph of that notification, '31st day of March, 2024' is substituted by '31st day of March, 2025', extending the notified pension fund's qualifying investment window by one year.

Who it reaches

The pension fund notified by S.O. 1735(E) dated 4 May 2021
Indian infrastructure companies and specified entities receiving its investment
Assessing officers examining exemption claims under section 10(23FE)

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.3	s.3
s.10	s.11, s.19

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.

2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 18th July, 2024

S.O. 2837(E).–– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (iv) of clause (c) of Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) number S.O. 1735(E), dated the 4th May, 2021 (Notification No. 46/2021/F.No. 370142/41/2020-TPL) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), except as respects things done or omitted to have been done on and from the 1st day of April, 2024 till the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, namely:––

In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, for the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2024", the figures, letters and words "31st day of March, 2025" shall be substituted.

[Notification No. 61/2024/F.No. 500/Misc./S10(23FE)/FT&TR-II]

APOORV TIWARI, Under Secy.

Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 1735(E), dated the 4th May, 2021.

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From when

The date of publication in the Official Gazette, with a saving for acts done from 1 April 2024 to that date.

What to watch

The amendment operates from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, except as respects things done or omitted to have been done on and from 1 April 2024 till that date.
Only the outer investment date is altered; the remaining conditions of the principal notification stand.
The extract identifies the fund only by the principal notification's number and does not name it.

Where you meet it

In the fund's claim of exemption under section 10(23FE) and in the withholding position of Indian entities paying it dividend or interest.

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. 94/2026 [F. No. 370142/24/2026-TPL] / G.S.R. 646(E) : Income-tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 : Amendment of rule 157 of the Income tax Rules, 2026 to align the definition of the specified fund with rule 114AAB of the Income tax Rules, 1962 — Ministry of Finance 21 July 2026
Notification No. 64 — [भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 7 16 April 2026
Notification No. 63/2026 [F. No. 370142/13/2026-TPL]/ GSR 268(E) — 2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(i)] 10 April 2026
Notification No. 62/2026 [F. No. 370142/10/2026-TPL]/ GSR 267(E) — Ministry of Finance 10 April 2026
Notification No. 61/2026 [F. No. 370142/9/2026-TPL] / GSR 266(E) — [भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 10 April 2026
Notification No. 60/2026 [F. No. 370142/8/2026-TPL]/ GSR 265(E) — 2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(i)] 10 April 2026

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.