India’s pushback on UK elevating BBC’s survey

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday firmly instructed visiting his British counterpart James Cleverly that every one entities working in India should absolutely adjust to the legislation of the land, after the latter introduced up the latest tax survey on BBC workplaces, throughout their bilateral assembly right here.

“He was firmly instructed that every one entities working in India should comply absolutely with related legal guidelines and rules,’’ mentioned sources. Cleverly is right here for the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meet. The earnings tax division had searched BBC workplaces in Delhi and Mumbai over allegations of non-compliance of tax norms. The survey discovered discrepancies in switch pricing documentation, the tax division later claimed. The Opposition, nevertheless, had alleged that the motion was in retaliation to a docuseries aired by BBC on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

“The conversations I had with him are best to keep with him. I did raise it,” Cleverly instructed Reuters. “One of the advantages of having such a strong and professional relationship with Dr Jaishankar is I am able to bring up, and indeed he brings up with me, some of these sensitive issues. I did raise it with him,” he mentioned.

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday firmly instructed visiting his British counterpart James Cleverly that every one entities working in India should absolutely adjust to the legislation of the land, after the latter introduced up the latest tax survey on BBC workplaces, throughout their bilateral assembly right here.

“He was firmly instructed that every one entities working in India should comply absolutely with related legal guidelines and rules,’’ mentioned sources. Cleverly is right here for the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meet. The earnings tax division had searched BBC workplaces in Delhi and Mumbai over allegations of non-compliance of tax norms. The survey discovered discrepancies in switch pricing documentation, the tax division later claimed. The Opposition, nevertheless, had alleged that the motion was in retaliation to a docuseries aired by BBC on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

“The conversations I had with him are best to keep with him. I did raise it,” Cleverly instructed Reuters. “One of the advantages of having such a strong and professional relationship with Dr Jaishankar is I am able to bring up, and indeed he brings up with me, some of these sensitive issues. I did raise it with him,” he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );