19th December, 2002
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting  


FOREIGN TV CHANNELS PAY MORE TAX


LOK SABHA

Income Tax paid by satellite channels in India for financial year 2000-2001, the foreign television channel companies have on an average, paid higher amount of Income Tax than their Indian counterparts.

This was stated in Lok Sabha today by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj in a written reply to Shri V. Vetriselvan.