new delhi the government is likely to give another lease of life albeit a short one to 100 exportoriented units eous by providing incometax incentives to them for one more year beyond march 2009 the tax exemption available to such units is scheduled to run out next year when the sunset clause for the scheme kicks insources said the government is now considering one more taxfree year for export units an announcement to this effect is expected in the forthcoming budget they said a recommendation for pushing back the sunset clause by one year has been made by the v krishnamurthy committee which was set up by prime minister manmohan singh for suggestions on helping exporters to cope with a rising rupee the sources said with a oneyear extension a decision on extending the scheme further will vest on the new government which is expected to be in place by mid2009exportoriented units and software technology parks stpis are eligible for tax exemption under section 10a10b of the incometax act in the previous budget the government had imposed a minimum alternative tax mat on both export units and stpiswhile the krishnamurthy committee has recommended a oneyear extension of tax sops for eous it is silent on stpis as its recommendations cover only manufacturing activities however the it ministry is pushing for a relief for software exporters too ministry sources said while a blanket extension of stpis tax incentives is unlikely the small and medium units may get some benefitsthe prime ministers economic advisory council headed by former rbi governor c rangarajan is not in favour of an extension of tax sops to stpis sources said despite the councils recommendations the centre was considering continuing with the reliefs for some time considering the pressure it exporters are facing from the rising rupee besides there are concerns of a likely slowdown in economy and an overall slump in global demand economic think tank icrier indian council for research on international economic relations which had carried out a study on behalf of the finance ministry has also recommended an extension to the schemes