Romanticizing agriculture as a ‘sacred non-profit vocation’ conveniently hides a massive structural hypocrisy. Wealthy commercial farmers collect heavy subsidies, enjoy tax-free profits, and pay ₹0 to the state while a middle-class engineer pays for national infrastructure.
Taxing agricultural income above ₹25 or ₹50 lakh wouldn’t hurt a single struggling cultivator, but it would stop rich landholders and politicians from using Section 10(1) as a legal money-laundering park.
A middle-class salaried worker making ₹12 lakh pays up to 30% tax, while agrarian elites netting ₹10 crore pay ZERO tax. Absolutely nothing. Protecting 85% of struggling marginal farmers is necessary, but letting wealthy commercial estate owners and plantation lords enjoy a permanent tax-free haven under Section 10(1) is absurd.
It is long past time for these elites to pay their fair share.
Thanks for presenting such a sane argument. Education is one pillar which suffers the most due to this attitude in India. It is any day better to pay someone for their services and value provided than being told forever to be grateful to the teachers and farmers who are sacrificing their life for others.
Romanticizing agriculture as a ‘sacred non-profit vocation’ conveniently hides a massive structural hypocrisy. Wealthy commercial farmers collect heavy subsidies, enjoy tax-free profits, and pay ₹0 to the state while a middle-class engineer pays for national infrastructure.
Taxing agricultural income above ₹25 or ₹50 lakh wouldn’t hurt a single struggling cultivator, but it would stop rich landholders and politicians from using Section 10(1) as a legal money-laundering park.
A middle-class salaried worker making ₹12 lakh pays up to 30% tax, while agrarian elites netting ₹10 crore pay ZERO tax. Absolutely nothing. Protecting 85% of struggling marginal farmers is necessary, but letting wealthy commercial estate owners and plantation lords enjoy a permanent tax-free haven under Section 10(1) is absurd.
It is long past time for these elites to pay their fair share.
Thanks for presenting such a sane argument. Education is one pillar which suffers the most due to this attitude in India. It is any day better to pay someone for their services and value provided than being told forever to be grateful to the teachers and farmers who are sacrificing their life for others.