Bengaluru, Feb. 13 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday praised the new Income Tax Bill, stating that the legislation will make the lives of India's taxpayers much easier.

Speaking to ANI, the BJP MP from South Bengaluru said that India's Direct Taxation System will be overhauled to make it modern, simple, rational, and more compliance-friendly.

"For almost 60 years, India's Income Tax Act was not reviewed. Like many other areas where PM Narendra Modi's government has brought tremendous reforms, India's Direct Taxation System will also be overhauled to make it modern, simple, rational, and more compliance-friendly," Surya said.

"We did the same for India's indirect taxation system through GST... From t...