CBDT vide Notification No. 98/2023 dated November 06, 2023 has notified the income tax exemption to the ‘Press Council of India’ under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“the IT Act”).
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 Para 1 of Chapter II of the Press Council of India Act, 1978 (CentralAct), 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 financialyears; and
(c) shall file return of income in accordance with the provision of clause (g) of sub-section (4C) ofsection 139 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
3. This notification shall be deemed to have been applied for the assessment year 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 20212022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 relevant to financial years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 20222023 respectively.
[Notification No. 98/2023 F. No. 300196/8/2018-ITA-I]
VIKAS SINGH, Director (ITA)-I
Explanatory Memorandum
It is certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification.