Donations For Construction Of Ayodhya Mosque Made Tax Free

The decision came nine months after the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, the trust overseeing the project, first applied for it in September 2020.

The government has granted tax exemption to those contributing for the construction of the mosque in Ayodhya, for which the Supreme Court had allotted five acres in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute case, according to members of the trust overseeing the project. Last year, a similar exemption was given for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The decision came nine months after the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), the trust overseeing the project, first applied for it. Foundation chairman Zafar Farooqui said they had applied for the tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act on September 1 last year and the application was rejected on January 21. They reapplied on February 3 and replied to queries by March 10, he said.