Raising taxes on the rich will not help India

Discounted rates for big companies should be extended to small businesses

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Narendra Modi in Mumbai on Jan. 19: New Delhi should lower its tax rates, widen its tax net and plug loopholes in the tax system. © AP

Ritesh Kumar Singh is founder and chief executive of policy research and advisory company Indonomics Consulting in New Delhi.

With India's fiscal deficit targets under pressure and the government seeking to increase spending to support economic growth, there is speculation that the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi may introduce new taxes on the rich when it unveils its next annual budget on Wednesday.

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