On 17th march 2021 the Central bureau of investigation booked Cadbury India Private Ltd (now known as Mondelez Foods Private Limited) under the charges of corruption and misrepresentation of facts to avail area-based tax exemptions in Baddi and Himachal Pradesh fraudulently. The FIR is an outcome of a preliminary enquiry registered by the agency, which showed that the company allegedly “paid bribes, misrepresented facts and manipulated records to fraudulently avail area-based exemption benefits (central excise and income tax) in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, knowing fully well that it was not entitled to avail area-based tax exemption benefits"