NEW DELHI, May 8 (Reuters) - The Indian government willdefend a notice for arbitration from Vodafone Group Plc in a more than $2 billion tax dispute, Finance Minister P.Chidambaram said on Thursday.
Vodafone said on Wednesday it had filed for an internationalarbitration against the Indian government, after the two sidesfailed to find a solution to the long-running tax disputethrough talks. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; editing by Malini Menon)