UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly raised the issue of the BBC s tax obligations during a meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi on Wednesday.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) earlier issued a statement without naming the media organisation and said that the income and profits shown by various BBC group entities are not commensurate with the scale of their operations in India
The Income Tax survey on BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai that started on Tuesday over a charge of deliberate non-compliance with Indian laws concluded nearly after 60 hours.