Letters to the editor
Feb 04 2013, 03:00 IST
poor”, noted economist Abhijit Banerjee, who teaches at a US university, has expressed the opinion that the “self selection method” was the best approach towards identifying the poor and the poverty. Finally, we have a definite suggestion from an economist. But the major point is will Abhijit Banerjee or any other economist try to identify who is poor and how many persons are suffering from poverty, say, in their native or ancestral villages? Although most economists know that PDS is inefficient and FCI is more inefficient, but no economist, whether eminent or not, tells us how to make the PDS system efficient or how can FCI be made more efficient. Let’s think of workable solutions whenever we discuss problems.
SC Aggarwal
Founder, Poverty Trust, New Delhi
Married filing jointly tax option
With respect to the news about taxing the rich a bit more, the government should consider family income, instead of individual income, to identify the rich. The current system is unfair in case there is a single earning member in a family. For instance, say the husband earns R16 lakh and his wife is a homemaker, he ends up paying more tax than a family in which both husband and wife earn, say, R8 lakh each. In US, this is addressed by the ‘married filing jointly’ tax option. It is high time such an option is introduced in India too, to remove unfair taxation.
S Samanta, Bangalore
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