The Income Tax Department is conducting raids at the Delhi offices of independent think tank Centre for Policy Research and charity organisation Oxfam India; and at Bengaluru-based Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF).
Though no official statement is out yet, News agency PTI said, citing sources, that the raids are part of a probe over foreign donations.
The raids are connected with simultaneous searches in Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat, among other places, “over funding of more than 20 registered but non-recognised political parties,” NDTV reported, quoting sources.
IPSMF is a Bengaluru based trust which funds a number of media organisations including The Caravan magazine while CPR is known to examine government policy with a critical eye.
Chairperson of the IPSMF is journalist TS Ninan and CPR’s governing board is chaired by Meenakshi Gopinath, who taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was principal of Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi.
Oxfam India a is part of a global consortium of NGOs under the Oxfam umbrella.
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