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Sunday, January 25, 2026
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Topic: taxpayers

Taxpayers dropping like flies & Trump-man is the superhero the world doesn’t need

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

AAP made education a political issue. Competition will force others to take it seriously

Investing taxpayer money into government schools is the most effective transfer of wealth from rich to poor.

India’s answer to tax-evasion lies in blockchain

Modi govt must consider putting GST collection on blockchain, which is a technocratic solution and need not be managed by the State.

Modi govt tightening screw on IT dept a small win for taxpayer

In Budget 2021, the proposed changes to the Income Tax Act 1961 for tax collection are a welcome move.

Purchase of jewellery over Rs 1 lakh, Rs 20,000 hotel bills to come under I-T scanner

The move comes as the Modi government aims to widen the tax base by using data of high value transactions to look for tax evaders.

‘Too much government, too little governance’ — new book decodes India’s private republics

Shankkar Aiyar's The Gated Republic, by Harper Collins, will be released on 20 June on SoftCover, ThePrint’s new e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

Agri to infra, Budget 2020 takes a calculated path to revive demand, boost economic growth

The underlying assumption in the Budget’s economic strategy is that the Indian economy appears to have bottomed out and is expected to pick up in 2020-21.

Lower income tax rates but no deductions — Modi govt creates optional second tax system

Taxpayers will have to forego Rs 1.5 lakh savings deduction and Rs 2 lakh interest deduction on home loans, among others, to avail new income tax rates.

45% increase in e-filing by taxpayers who earn less than Rs 10 lakh a year

The sharp increase in tax filers in the lower income slabs can be mainly attributed to government’s decision to start penalising late filers.

On Camera

Mark Tully’s BBC assignment to India wasn’t by chance. It was a karmic connection

Mark Tully witnessed the BBC turn into an anti-India outfit and repeatedly shame and humiliate itself in world circles. Never mind. Tully lives on, and his old BBC lives on.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

IAF achieved air superiority in Op Sindoor, forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire—Swiss think tank

Authored by military historian Adrien Fontanellaz, the study reveals the drone strategy used by Pakistan & how they tried to hit S-400 air defence system, both of which failed.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.