The Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted “surveys” at the premises of two think tanks and a charity organisation on Wednesday on the grounds of suspected irregularities related to financial transactions.
The “surveyed” organisations include the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Oxfam India in Delhi and the Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF) in Bengaluru. The agency did not clarify further on the reasons for surveys.
An agency official highlighted the difference between a “search” and a “survey”, and said that the latter was limited in its scope -- the agency visits the commercial premises usually during the office hours, and could only seize transaction records for scrutiny, and seek clarifications from the persons concerned.
