Tax free salary from World Bank

This discussion explores the tax-free status of salaries earned by employees of the World Bank Group in India. An applicant, working as an IT Analyst for the World Bank in Chennai and earning over Rs. 10 lacs annually, presented a certificate citing Section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations, acceded by the Government of India, to claim their income is tax-free. The consensus suggests that under Section 10(42) of the Indian Income Tax Act, and based on treaty agreements between the Central Government and the World Bank, salary income received by World Bank employees in India is indeed exempt from tax.