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The Central Government amends rules for tax-free bonds under section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Each issuing entity must raise seventy percent of the aggregated bond amount through public issue. Forty percent of this public issue must go to Retail Individual Investors, except for specific entities where the share is sixty percent. The notification also revises the allocated amount of bonds for Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited into two tranches of six thousand crore and thirty-five hundred crore rupees.
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2016 क तहत् सशोधन ᳰकया गया ह। MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Direct Taxes) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 26th February, 2016 No. 10/2016 S.O. 613(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by item (h) of sub-clause (iv) of clause (15) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1827(E), dated the 6th of July, 2015, namely :- In the said notification, -
“6. Public issue.- (i) Seventy percent. of the aggregated amount of bonds issued by each entity in the TABLE shall be raised through public issue;
(ii) Forty per cent. of public issue under sub-paragraph (i) shall be earmarked for RII’s: Provided that the words “Forty per cent.” referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) shall be read as “sixty per cent.” for the purposes of the entities at serial numbers 2(b) and 8 of the TABLE.”;
(b) in paragraph 9, in the TABLE, for serial number 2 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
| SL. No. | Entities | Allocated amount of bonds ( in crore) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| “2. | Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC)
(a) TRANCHE I (b) TRANCHE II |
6000 3500”. |
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Note:- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1827(E) dated the 6th of July, 2015 and subsequently amended vide notification number S.O. 520(E), dated the 18th February, 2016.
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