Two days after the Income Tax Department conducted a” checkup” on their premises, global non-profit organization Oxfam India and the Independent and Public-Spiritual Media Foundation( IPSMF) said that several digital media realities said I- T manpower used their phones. have been attached. has done. Team members for copycatting to recover data.
In a statement on Friday, Oxfam India said” The officers of the Income levy( I- T) Department conducted an Income levy’ Survey’ at the Oxfam India Delhi office with effect from 7 September 2022 autumn to the early hours of 9 September. These included another than 35 hours During the the-stop audit, members of the Oxfam India crew weren’t allowed to leave the demesne, the internet was switched off and all mobile phones were sequestered.”
Information related to backing and programs of Oxfam India was taken by The Income Tax Survey platoon. They reproduced the waiters of Oxfam India and the individualized mobile phones of the long-lived leadership platoon and finance lead and took the data.
“ While the check platoon was well-bred and professional, the process of conducting the check with alike wide powers and wide compass disappointed Oxfam India, which is an association is the law-abiding and community- concentrated, ” Oxfam India was suggesting to exotic laws, including the Income Tax Act and the Foreign Contribution( Regulation) Act( FCRA).
The IPSMF didn’t get any foreign backing at any stage.
T N Ninan, president of the board of trustees of IPSMF, said A platoon of income duty officers came to the foundation’s Bengaluru office for one” check” on Wednesday, 7 September. They stayed till4.30 pm. In the morning, the foundation Viewed the papers and records of the Foundation and asked questions. The Foundation staff were combined and answered all the questions asked to them on a wide range of matters.
“ All the laptops and mobile phones were taken for copying the data and came back last night. All workers except CEO Sunil Rajasekhar were allowed to go home in colored phases in the evening/ night of 7 September and asked to return the ensuing morning for else enquiries. On the intermediating night of 7- 8 September, the CEO slept in the office for multiple hours. The Board of Trustees congratulates the workers for their good enthusiasm and tolerance through the extended proceedings. IT officers were polite during their check work, ” he said.
” The Foundation believes that its affairs are completely in order. Some media reporting on IT checks has linked it to foreign backing and backing of political parties. We’d like to clarify that the Foundation’s treatment at any stage has entered no foreign backing and has only funded media associations. The Foundation believes in its charge to support independent and people-spirited media and intends to continue its work Ninan said.
The think tank Center for Policy Research( CPR), which is subject to an I- T” check” on Wednesday, also made a statement on Friday. “ We hold ourselves to the highest norms of compliance and we’re confident that we’ve done nothing wrong. We’ll work with the authorities to address any questions they may have, ” said CPR President and Chief Executive Yamini Iyer.
The statement said that as one of the 24 exploration institutes of the Indian Council of Social Science Research Network,” the CPR has all the necessary blessings and restrictions, and as a philanthropist under the Foreign Contribution( Regulation) Act by the government authorized.”
” We’ve extended full cooperation to the department during the check and will continue to do so in the future also,” Iyer said.
