Thursday, March 20, 2014

Donations to PNLIT Corpus Fund

As another financial year draws to a close, we at PNLIT look back, happy that we were able to meet the lake maintenance expenses, and hopeful of being able to get similar support in the year ahead.

As we've communicated through our blog / emails in the past (see our earlier appeal here), we meet our Rs 40,000-50,000 monthly expenses (workers' salaries, ad hoc labour, gardening material, general maintenance, consumables, etc) from donations made by residents of the area and other well wishers. We are working to build up a corpus of about Rs 60 lakhs, which, in the long run, will meet most of our annual expenditure from the interest. 

If you have not yet fulfilled your charity commitments for this year, please consider donating to the PNLIT corpus fund. If you are assessed to tax in India, donations before March 31, 2014 will be eligible for IT exemption u/s 80G (50% exempt) for FY 2013-14. 

How to donate?

Cheques in favour of "PNLIT" or "Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust" may be sent to our registered office along with the corpus declaration form (appended below). 

Postal address: 
PNLIT,
c/o Usha Rajagopalan,
B3, 502, South City,
Arekere Mico Layout,
Off Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore 560 076 
(Cell no. + 91 72597 22996)

Cash, upto Rs 10,000 can be handed over to one of the PNLIT representatives, along with the corpus declaration form.

You can also do direct remittance, and send us the corpus declaration as an email to <puttenahalli.lake@gmail.com>.
Branch name - State Bank of India, RBI Layout, Bangalore 560078
Savings Account no 31209228099 in the name of "Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust"
MICR Code: 560002090
Transfer within India - IFSC Code: SBIN0004408 
Transfer from abroad - Swift Code: SBININ BB423 (The bank charges Rs 500+other fees for Forex transfer, so this is not a preferred method.) 

As PNLIT does not have FCRA registration, we currently accept donations only from Indian Citizens/ Indian Passport Holders.

We hope you'll be able to visit our lake some time and see for yourself how it is becoming a place of serenity for the community and a secure habitat for birds and other forms of life.

Thank you for your support,
Arathi
for The PNLIT Team 

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Corpus Declaration Form

The amount given by me to the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) is to be treated as a donation towards the Corpus and is to be used for the upkeep and maintenance of the Puttenahalli Lake and towards meeting the other objectives of PNLIT. Details of Payment:

Cash/cheque amount: ........................          Bank: .......................................        

Cheque no:  ......................................          Dated: ......................................

Name: ..........................................................................................................
Address: .......................................................................................................
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Contact phone no: ........................    Email id: ................................................

Signature:                                             Date:

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