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Cairn Energy plans $700 mn shareholder returns if India tax row resolved

The oil and gas company said it was considering entering into statutory undertakings with the Indian government.

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Britain's Cairn Energy said on Tuesday it plans to return up to $700 million to shareholders via a special dividend and a share buyback this year, provided its lengthy dispute with India over certain tax claims is resolved in the near term.

The oil and gas producer, which has major operations in the South Asian country, said it was considering entering into statutory undertakings with the Indian government over changes to a retrospective tax law that is at the heart of the row between them.

The news comes a month after India proposed scrapping the controversial 2012 law and said it would

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