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UK Minister raises BBC I-T 'survey' with S Jaishankar, says report

UK Minister raises BBC I-T 'survey' with S Jaishankar; India responds

Searches were conducted by the CBDT at the British Broadcaster's Delhi and Mumbai offices last month.

UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly, who is in Delhi for the G20 summit, took up the BBC tax 'survey' episode with the Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a bilateral meet in the national capital on Wednesday, a Reuters report said.&nbsp;
However, the minister was told strongly that all entities must comply with laws, according to a NDTV report.&nbsp;
Searches were conducted by the CBDT at the British Broadcaster's Delhi and Mumbai offices last month. As the UK govt jumped in to defend BBC, the raids triggered protests and made headlines across the globe.&nbsp;
The searches were conducted at a time when the Indian govt had reacted strongly by banning BBC's 2-part documentary on PM Narendra Modi.&nbsp;
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Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies have criticised the income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai

'Raiding BBC's India offices smacks of intimidation': global media watchdogs

Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies have criticised the income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai

Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action "smacks of intimidation" and was a "blatant affront" to freedom of expression.
The Income Tax officials described the action as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion.
Reacting to the Indian IT department's action, the UK-based British public broadcaster said that it was "fully cooperating" with the authorities and hoped that the situation will be resolved "as soon as possible".
The New York-based independent non-profit Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the Indian government to stop harassing journalists.
Its Asia programme coordinator Beh Lih Yi said: "Raiding the BBC&rsquo;s India offices in the wake of a documentary criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi smacks of intimidation".
&ldquo;Indian authorities have used tax investigations as a pretext to target critical news outlets before, and must cease harassing BBC employees immediately, in line with the values of freedom that should be espoused in the world&rsquo;s largest democracy,&rdquo; CPJ said in a statement.
"The searches by the tax authorities of the offices of @BBCWorld in #Inde , 3 weeks after the censorship of his documentary on @narendramodi, constitute an outrageous reprisal. RSF denounces these attempts to silence any criticism of the Indian government," Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) tweeted.
Amnesty International tweeted: "These raids are a blatant affront to freedom of expression." "The Indian authorities are clearly trying to harass and intimidate the BBC over its critical coverage of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The overbroad powers of the Income Tax Department are repeatedly being weaponised to silence dissent. Last year, tax officials also raided the offices of a number of NGOs, including Oxfam India. These intimidatory acts, which undermine the right to freedom of expression in India, must end now,&rdquo; it said in a statement.
In New Delhi, officials said the survey was being carried out to investigate issues related to international taxation and transfer pricing of BBC subsidiary companies, and alleged that the BBC had been served with notices in the past but was "defiant and non-compliant" and had significantly diverted its profits.

Two days after the Income-Tax (I-T) department officials conducted ‘surveys’ on Oxfam India and the IPSMF premises on suspicion of financial irregularities, both organisations alleged that the IT sleuths cloned their server and private mobile phones.

I-T 'survey' team cloned server, phones to get data: Oxfam India, IPSMF 

Two days after the Income-Tax (I-T) department officials conducted ‘surveys’ on Oxfam India and the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF) premises on suspicion of financial irregularities, both organisations alleged that the IT sleuths cloned their server and private mobile phones of the senior leaders to retrieve data. 

In December 2021, the renewal of the FCRA licence of Oxfam India was denied by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Two days after the Income-Tax (I-T) department officials conducted &lsquo;surveys&rsquo; on Oxfam India and the Independent Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF)&nbsp; premises on suspicion of financial irregularities, both organisations alleged that the IT sleuths cloned their server and private mobile phones of the senior leaders to retrieve data.
The Income-Tax Department on September 7 conducted 'surveys' on two think tanks -Oxfam India, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and a charity organisation - IPSMF on suspicion of irregularities related to financial transactions.
&ldquo;The Income Tax (IT) department officials conducted an Income Tax 'survey' at the Oxfam India Delhi office from the 7th September 2022 noon to early hours of 9th September. During these 35-plus hours of non-stop survey, the Oxfam India team members were not allowed to leave the premises; the internet was shut down and all the mobile phones were confiscated,&rdquo; Oxfam India said in a statement.
&ldquo;The Income Tax survey team took away hundreds of pages of data pertaining to finances and programs of Oxfam India. They also took all the data by cloning the Oxfam India server and the private mobile phones of the Senior leadership team and the Finance lead,&rdquo; it added.
It said that while the team conducting the survey was polite and professional, the process of a survey with such sweeping powers and broad ambit resulted in disappointing Oxfam India.
It asserted that the organisation is compliant with Indian laws and has filed all its statutory compliances, including Income tax and Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) returns, in a timely manner since its inception.
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Stating that past eight months have been distressing for Oxfam India, the company pointed out that in December 2021, the renewal of FCRA licence was denied by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
&ldquo;Despite this, Oxfam India was conducting one of the largest civil society responses to the Covid crisis across 16 states in India. Oxfam India has provided lifesaving medical and diagnostic equipment to 150 District Hospitals, 172 Primary Health Centres, and 166 Community Health Centres in 16 states. 10 oxygen plants have also been set up and made operational across the country,&rdquo; it said.
&ldquo;The IT survey and MHA&rsquo;s refusal to renew Oxfam India&rsquo;s FCRA registration will not reduce our commitment to serve the vulnerable communities in country and uphold values enshrined in the Indian Constitution,&rdquo; it added.
Meanwhile, TN Ninan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the IPSMF, said in a statement, "A team of income tax officials came for a 'survey' to the Bengaluru office of the Foundation on Wednesday, September 7. They stayed till 4.30 this morning, going through the papers and records of the Foundation and asking questions. The Foundation&rsquo;s staff were cooperative and answered all questions put to them on a wide range of matters. The officials took statements from three senior staff members."
&ldquo;All laptops and mobile phones were taken for cloning data in them and returned last night (September 8)," he said.
"The Foundation believes that its affairs are entirely in order. Some media reporting on the I-T survey has linked it to foreign funding and the funding of political parties. We wish to make it clear that the Foundation has received no foreign funds at any stage, and has funded only media entities. The Foundation believes in its mission of supporting independent and public-spirited media, and intends to continue its work," the statement added.
The Centre for Policy Research (CPR), also subjected to the 'survey', had already put out a statement on Friday which read, "We hold ourselves to the highest standards of compliance and are confident that we have done nothing wrong."
"We are committed to working with the authorities to address any questions they might have," CPR President and Chief Executive Yamini Aiyar had said.

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