IncomeTaxDepartment
Deductioninrespectofinvestmentmadeunderanequitysavingsscheme.
80CCG.(1) Where an assessee, being a resident individual, has, in a previous year, acquired listed
equityshares 28[or listed units of an equityorientedfund]inaccordancewitha scheme,asmaybe
notified by the Central Government in this behalf, he shall, subject to the provisions of subsection
(3),beallowedadeduction,inthecomputationofhistotalincomeoftheassessmentyearrelevantto
suchpreviousyear,offiftypercentoftheamountinvestedinsuchequityshares 28[orunits]tothe
extentsuchdeductiondoesnotexceedtwentyfivethousandrupees.
29[(2) The deduction under subsection (1) shall be allowed in accordance with, and subject to, the
provisionsofthissectionforthreeconsecutiveassessmentyears,beginningwiththeassessmentyear
relevanttothepreviousyearinwhichthelistedequitysharesorlistedunitsofequityorientedfund
werefirstacquired.]
(3)Thedeductionundersubsection(1)shallbesubjecttothefollowingconditions,namely:
(i) the gross total income of the assessee for the relevant assessment year shall not exceed
30[twelve]lakhrupees
(ii)theassesseeisanewretailinvestorasmaybespecifiedundertheschemereferredtoinsub
section(1)
(iii)theinvestmentismadeinsuchlistedequityshares 31[orlistedunitsofequityorientedfund]as
maybespecifiedundertheschemereferredtoinsubsection(1)
(iv)theinvestmentislockedinforaperiodofthreeyearsfromthedateofacquisitioninaccordance
withtheschemereferredtoinsubsection(1)and
(v)suchotherconditionasmaybeprescribed.
(4)Iftheassessee,inanypreviousyear,failstocomplywithanyconditionspecifiedinsubsection
(3), the deduction originally allowed shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of such
previousyearandshallbeliabletotaxfortheassessmentyearrelevanttosuchpreviousyear.
31[ Explanation.For the purposes of this section, "equity oriented fund" shall have the meaning
assignedtoitintheExplanationtoclause(38)ofsection10.]
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