New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 13 August, appealed to individuals and businesses who are not paying their taxes to voluntarily come forward and become part of the tax base to help build a self-reliant nation.
Modi invoked the memory of people who gave up their lives in the independence struggle as he urged those outside the tax net to take advantage of the steps taken by his government to make tax administration easier, transparent and trust-based.
Modi said that in the past six-seven years, the number of income tax return filers had gone up by 25 million.
"This is a big improvement. But we cannot deny that in spite of this growth, in a country of 130 crore people, this is very low," he said.
"Today, I a...