Notification under section 10(46) of the Income tax Act 1961 (43 of 1961)for inclusion of clause Press Council of India

7006 GI/202 3 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4629] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , NOVEMBER 7, 2023/ KARTIKA 16, 1945 CG-DL-E-07112023-249926 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue ) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th November, 2023 S.O. 4828(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (46) of section 10 of the Income -tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies for the purposes of the said clause, ‘ Press Council of India ’ (PAN AAABP0351P), a body established under Pa ra 1 of Chapter II of the Press Council of India Act, 1978 (Central Act), in respect of the following specified income arising to that body , namely: - (a) Levy of fees on publishers and news papers; and (b) Interest earned on FDRs and Savings bank accounts of Press Council of India. 2. This notification shall be effective subject to the conditions that Press Council of India, - (a) shall not engage in any commercial activity; (b) activities and the nature of the specified income shall remain unchanged throughout the financial years; and (c) shall file return of income in accordance with the provision of clause (g) of sub -section (4C) of section 139 of the Income -tax Act, 1961. 3. This notification shall be deemed to have been applied for the assessment year 2019 -2020, 2 020-2021, 2021 - 2022, 2022 -2023 and 2023 -2024 relevant to financial years 2018 -2019, 2019 -2020, 2020 -2021, 2021 -2022 and 2022 - 2023 respectively. [Notification No. 98/2023 F. No. 300196/8/2018 -ITA-I] VIKAS SINGH , Director (ITA) -I Explanatory Memora ndum It is certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by th e Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.