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Vaccination drive: Act judiciously

The much awaited vaccination drive has just begun in the country amidst apprehensions among the general public. Several cases of side effects of the vaccines have been reported in several States like Goa & Maharashtra. 

The worrying point is, the health care personnel are among the first to get vaccinated. If these very personnel would be out of action on account of side effects, then the authorities would face shortage of capable hands to tackle the coronavirus which is still active in various parts of the country. 

Vaccination against this deadly virus is important. However, the authorities need to act more judiciously while carrying out such large scale initiatives.

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Govt must crack whip on those avoiding income tax

SHRIDHAR D’IYER, Caranzalem
Published Jan 18, 2021, 11:04 PM IST
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On 12th February, 2020 PM Modi made a pertinent statement that of a total population of 130 crore Indians, only 1.5 crore pay income tax!He was civil enough to increase the number because the next day the CBDT tweeted that only about 1.46 crore individual are liable to pay tax! The CBDT informed that during financial year 2018-19, 5.78 crore individuals filed tax returns and of these 1.03 crore showed income below Rs. 2.5 lakh and 3.29 crore individuals had income between Rs…

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