 "tax, taxes, I-T, retunrs, filing")
Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday.
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased inequality at multiple levels in different countries, including India. In this context, our lead editorial suggests ways to increase direct tax collection. The government can, for instance, remove exemptions against investments for individual taxpayers, which essentially benefits the better-off sections. Read here
In other views:
China has a strategy to deliberately create dependence on itself in critical areas so that this could be weaponised if it became necessary, writes former foreign secretary Shyam Saran. Read here
Our second
