New Delhi, December 27
The US embassy has not yet submitted the details of the salary and income tax details of the Indian staff working for the mission as well as consulates, as sought by India following the diplomatic row over the Devyani Khobragade episode.

Sources said India would wait for more time before reminding the embassy in this regard. Sources acknowledged that the delay could be on account of various factors like Christmas and New Year holidays.

These details were sought by India to examine whether Indians working for the US mission were drawing the minimum wages they were entitled to under the US law since the charge levelled against Devyani is that she was paying her maid less wages than mentioned in the employment contract.

Devyani, meanwhile, is believed to have sought the government’s opinion on whether she also could go to the court challenging her arrest on December 12 in violation of the Vienna Convention since she enjoyed full diplomatic immunity as a member of the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the United Nations, it is understood.

New Delhi has also brought to the notice of US authorities Devyani’s status as an ‘Adviser’ attached to the PMI during talks with American officials. Washington is said to be looking into the matter in the light of the new facts that have emerged in the case.

New Indian Ambassador-designate to the US S Jaishankar has also taken up the matter with senior US officials in Washington. Shortly after presenting a copy of his credentials to the US State Department in Washington yesterday, Jaishankar met two top department officials, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, and Under Secretary for Management, Patrick F. Kennedy and discussed the Indian diplomat’s case. Jaishankar would formally present his credentials to President Barack Obama in the New Year.

The Association of Indian Diplomats, meanwhile, asked the government to seek an unconditional apology from the US government for the treatment meted out to Devyani, withdrawal of all charges against her and appropriate compensation to her for the mental trauma caused to her.

At its meeting here, the association also asked India to raise the Devyani issue at international forums so that no diplomat goes through such a treatment in future.