India’s Income Tax Base

It's budget season.
The usual trope about very few Indians pay income tax & the need to fix it will be bandied about.

No.
Very few pay income tax because the vast majority of Indians do not earn enough to qualify to pay income tax.

Watch this old video to understand. pic.twitter.com/5rBYlQb857

— Praveen Chakravarty (@pravchak) January 29, 2021