Notification Under Section 35AC in respect of Appointments of new Chairman and members of said Committee - 01/2011 - Income Tax

NOTIFICATION NO. 1/2011 [F.NO. V.27013/8/2010-SO (NAT.COM)]/S.O.218(E), DATED 1-2-2011 S.O. 218(E) - WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with rule 11G of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , the Central Government constituted the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare vide notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O. 5(E), dated the 2nd January, 1992 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section ( ii ), dated the 2nd January, 1992 as amended by notification number S.O. 926(E), dated the 22nd December, 1994; notification number S.O. 892(E), dated the 23rd December, 1997; notification number S.O. 444(E), dated the 21st May, 2001; notification number S.O. 1258(E), dated the 9th November, 2004 and notification number 227(E), dated 1st February, 2008; AND WHEREAS, in terms of sub-rule (1) of Rule 11G of the Income-tax Rules,1962 , by the aforesaid notification, fourteen person were appointed by the Central Government as Chairman and members of the said Committee; AND WHEREAS, the term of the Chairman and members of the aforesaid Committee ended on 31st January, 2011. NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with sub-rules (1) and (3) of rule 11G of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , the Central Government hereby appoints the following persons as Chairman and members of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare for a period of three years commencing on the date of this notification: 1. Justice S.P. Bharucha Former Chief Justice ofIndia -Chairman 2. Dr. Kaanchana Kamalanathan Medical Doctor, Social Political Worker and Former Member of Legislative Assembly -Member 3. Ms. Veena Singh Chairperson, Indian National Trade Union Congress -Member 4. Prof.(Ms.) Sabra Habib Senior Professor,LucknowUniversity -Member 5. Shri Bhagirath Prasad Retd. IAS Ex Vice Chancellor, DeviAhilyaVishwavidyala,Indore -Member 6. Dr.Md.Abbas Ali Professor of Business Management, Former Dean,OsmaniaUniversity,Hyderabad -Member 7. Prof. Margaret Ch. Zama Professor, Department of English,MizoramUniversityMizoram and Founder Member of Spastic Society of Mizoram -Member 8. Dr. J. Prabhakar Reddy Medical Doctor and Chairman, Sree Lakshmi Jabbi Reddy Charitable Trust, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh -Member 9. Ms. Atiya Habib Kidwai Professor, Centre for Study of Regional Development,JawaharlalNehruUniversity,Delhi -Member 10. Shri D.R. Mehta Padam Bhushan, Retd. IAS Founder Chief Patron of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Jaipur -Member 11. Shri Michael Ferrira Four time World Champion in Billiards and Snooker -Member 12. Shri Amardeep Singh Cheema Vice Chairman, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathana, and Social Activist -Member 13. Dr. Jatin De Founder Director of PSU Foundation,Lucknowand expert in water and natural resources management -Member 14. Shri Sanjiv Kumar Arora Chartered Accountant -Member