Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Economic Inequalities vis–a–vis Social Justice: Tax Structure in India

Dr. Neena Vashisht

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Inequalities of wealth, income, power and prestige are universal characteristics of social life. Economic inequality or wealth and income difference comprises all disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income. Impact of economic inequalities on life expectancy, higher disease rates, infant mortality, emotional depression and prison population etc. correlate with higher social economic inequality. The directive principles of state policy laid down in the Constitution of India have proclaimed justice– social, economic and political as a basic national commitment. Social and economic justice have several dimensions such as extreme inequalities of income and wealth, regional imbalance, concentration of wealth and means of production, special care of vulnerable and disadvantaged section of the society. The present paper attempts to make an analytical study of the present tax structure in India to find out whether this tax structure have achieved any success at all, in its purpose of reducing inequalities in the country

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Dr. Neena Vashisht Economic Inequalities vis-à-vis Social Justice: Tax Structure in India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.7 July 2014

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