Under the new tax regime, individual income up to ₹750,000 is tax free due to a combination of standard deduction and 87A. Given that many small businesses oft

Under the new tax regime, individual income up to ₹750,000 is tax free due to a combination of standard deduction and 87A. Given that many small businesses often accept UPI payments in multiple names (husband, wife, mother etc), a small family can actually manage ₹1,500,000-3,000,000 in (legitimate) tax free income. That is about $18-36,000. Which is a lot in India.