Best of BS Opinion: Search for tax evasion, misstep on testing, and more

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Uddalok Bhattacharya 

cash, currency, notes, funds, investment, shares, growth, profit, loss, tax, money, income, earnings
At a policy level, India needs to broaden its tax base significantly

Our first edit says searches and seizures will not fix India’s long-term revenue problem.

At a policy level, India needs to broaden its tax base significantly. Our second edit argues against reducing Covid tests and allowing religious gatherings. Read here

Tamal Bandyopadhyay: Before it’s too late, the rating agencies, the RBI, and the Indian Banks’ Association must counsel the banks to make rating mandatory for higher-rated and lower-rated companies alike. Read here

The vaccination rate and vaccines’ effectiveness against whichever is the dominant variant must determine policy makers’ response from now on, says Mihir S Sharma. Read here

Debashis Basu: The tax department will remain a source of endless nightmares for citizens and “transparent taxation” will remain an empty slogan and a cruel joke. Read here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

South Africa surprisingly defeated India in an old-fashioned dogfight that included some enthralling cricket.

Former cricketer Ian Chappell

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First Published: Mon, January 17 2022. 06:30 IST
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