New Delhi: India today hit back at the United States with a series of counter-measures against US diplomats based in India, consequent to the public humiliation of Indian deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade in New York.
The counter-measures are:
--All US diplomats must submit details of salaries paid to their servants, maids, gardeners and other domestic servants to the Indian authorities.
--All American Schools must submit details of salaries paid to teachers and their bank account details, to be forwarded to Income Tax department for tax compliance.
--All security barriers allowed to be erected on Nyaya Marg in the diplomatic enclave Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, for security purposes for the US embassy, will now be dismantled.
--All import clearances given to US diplomats for importing fine food, wine and other costly items, as exemptions under customs duty rules, stand revoked.
--All US diplomats working in consulates across India have been asked to submit their IDs to Indian authorities.
