<b>Letters:</b> A less taxing time

The ideas listed in S Kumar’s letter, “End tax exemptions” (March 1), as well as those in Ishan Bakshi’s article, “Data crunching: Are we a nation of tax evaders?” (February 28) — to which Kumar was responding — need to be examined and followed up on by policymakers. 

In Budget proposals, the rich and powerful get exemptions factored in. There is no logic or rationale in continuing the exclusion of agricultural income for tax purposes, as it is being done at present. Those who benefit from huge tax waivers or exemptions do not share any of it with society when