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When income tax rate touched 97.5% in India

A heated debate is on over wealth redistribution during this Lok Sabha election. Prime Minister and Congress leader Indira Gandhi saw taxation as "a major instrument to achieve greater equality of incomes and wealth". Her government in 1973-74 raised income tax rates to 97.5%, but soon had to withdraw the policy.

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Law News

Supreme Court rejects 100% EVM-VVPAT verification pleas

EVM-VVPAT Case: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all the petitions seeking the complete verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.

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News Analysis

Socialist Congress turning Marxist Congress khatakhat khatakhat

The Congress, which was a Left-of-Centre party, seems to have assumed the colours of a hardcore Marxist party. But why is Rahul Gandhi, the de facto Congress chief, clutching at Marxist ideas of wealth redistribution when the Left parties themselves have shunned them?

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Tripura sees highest voter turnout at 54.47%, Kerala 29.36% so far

Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 Voting Live Updates: The second phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections began at 7 AM on Friday, with 88 seats across 13 states up for voting. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is running for re-election in Wayanad, Kerala. All of Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha seats will be contested, along with 14 seats in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, 8 each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 6 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 each in Assam and Bihar, 3 each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 1 each in Manipur, Tripura, and Jammu and Kashmir. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates.

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