Govt may give oilfield in lieu of $1.4 bn it has to pay Cairn, save overseas assets Premium Cairn had initiated an international arbitration after Indian government in 2014 used a two-year old law to raise a Rs10,247 crore demand on a decade old internal reorganisation of the company’s unit in the country. 5 min read . Updated: 31 Jan 2021, 02:15 PM IST PTI Cairn Energy gave India its biggest onland oil discovery but exited the country after it was slapped with a ₹10,247-crore tax demand using a legislation that gave the government the powers to tax companies retrospectively Share Via ...