(a) whether a number of NGOs have applied for income-tax exemption u/s 80G for the Super Cyclone affected areas of Orissa;
(b) if so, the details of the NGOs provided exemption;
(c) the names of NGOs applied for such exemption in Delhi circle during January 2000 and are pending;
(d) the reasons therefor; and
(e) the time by which these are likely to be cleared?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI V.DHANANJAYA KUMAR)
(a) & (b) : Exemption under section 80G is allowed by the
Commissioners of Income- tax, all over India. CBDT does
not maintain any centralised information on the subject.
(c), (d) & (e) : No NGO applied for exemption u/s 80G in January,
2000. However, after the cyclone, the following NGOs in Delhi
applied for and were granted approval u/s 80G of the Income-tax Act:-
(i) Aruna Abhay Oswal Trust.
(ii) Orissa Cyclone Relief Reconstruction Fund.
(iii) We Care.