Circular No. 286-Income Tax Attention is invited to Board’s Instruction No. 1191 [F. No. 174/29/77-IT(A-I)], dated 1-7-1978 on the above subject. Para 5 of the said Instructions clarify that in the case of a Government servant absorbed in a public undertaking on or after 24-7-1971, the amount that would qualify for tax exemption under the provisions of section 10(10A)(i )
It is hereby notified for general information that the following scientific research programme has been approved for the period specified below for the purposes of sub-section (2A) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, read with rule 6(iv) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, by the Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi.
This notification contains Amendment (Eighth Amendment) to Income-tax Rules carried out on November 17, 1980 not reproduced here as it is already contained in the body of the Rules itself.