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FM says middle-class not squeezed, higher personal tax reflects rising base
The New Indian Express Kollam
|February 13, 2026
FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday pushed back against Opposition claims that the middle class is being burdened by high income tax collections, arguing instead that the rise in personal tax payments reflects a widening tax base and formalisation of the economy.
Replying to the debate on the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said the perception that individuals are paying more tax than corporates does not indicate financial stress on the middle class, but signals its expansion. “The conclusion made by the Opposition that the middle class is being sandwiched because personal tax collection exceeds corporate taxes is fundamentally misdiagnosing the situation. There is no evidence of middle-
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2 mins
April 29, 2026
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No place for double standards, terror epicentres no longer immune: Rajnath
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1 mins
April 29, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
4 wild buffaloes from Kaziranga in Assam released at MP’s Kanha
THE Asiatic Wild Water Buffalo, which went locally extinct from Madhya Pradesh around a century ago, has been successfully reintroduced in the Kanha Tiger Reserve’s (KTR) Supkhar forests — the dense forest area which, tillsome months back, had served as a safe interstate corridor-shelter for armed Naxal cadres.
1 min
April 29, 2026
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IIT-Kgp: Second student suicide within 10 days
ANOTHER student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, in West Bengal, died by suicide on campus on Tuesday.
1 min
April 29, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Modi inaugurates projects worth ₹1K crore in Varanasi
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2 mins
April 29, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
'Religious institution must have norms'
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1 mins
April 29, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
South panchayats outperform North on multiple parameters: Govt data
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1 mins
April 29, 2026
The New Indian Express Kollam
Ex-SC judge who heads C’garh panel will also draft UCC report in MP
THE Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a sixmember committee to draft a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a move that came 12 days after Chhattisgarh, also under BJP rule, formed a similar panel.
1 min
April 29, 2026
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Reservoirs dry, water cut in Mumbai from May 15
THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Asia’s richest civic body, has announced a 10% water cut from May 15, as drinking water-supplying reservoirs of the city are speedily depleting.
1 mins
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