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Government
of India revises tax code on donation of secondhand
computers
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Digital Partners, with our constituents and friends, have
been working for the revision of the Indian tax code relating
to the importation of secondhand computers into India and
are pleased to announce that the Government of India has
responded. Under the old statute, many donated, secondhand
computers were subject to tariffs making it virtually impossible
to get used, donated computers to those who most needed them
in an effective and economical fashion. The revised code
removes some of these prohibitive tariffs, eliminating a
particularly vexing policy barrier hampering the provision
of IT resources to the poor. Please see statute revisions
below.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
No. 57/2001 - CUSTOMS
G.S.R. 394(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred
by sub-section (1) of Section 25 of the Customs Act,
1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being
satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest
so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in
the notification of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue). No. 18/00-Customs, dated
the 11th February, 1999, namely:-
In the said notification, -
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for
the words "or a local body", the
words "or a local body or a recognized
school run on a non-commercial basis by any
organization" shall be substituted;
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the
following proviso shall be added at the end,
namely:
- "Provided that where the imports are
made by a school run by an organization and
such school is not run by the Central Government,
State Government, Government of a Union territory
or a local body, the importer shall furnish
a certificate issued by the Education Department
of the concerned State Government or the Government
of the Union territory, as the case may be,
certifying that the said school is recognized
by the said State Government or the Government
of the Union territory and is run on a non-commercial
basis."
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(Taken from "The Gazette of India: Extraordinary" Part
II, Section 3(i))
