01353nam a22001577a 4500 520627 520627 220928b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Sharma, Mritunjaya 34600 Covid-19 pandemic: Response of the government through public policy mainly direct taxation Indian Journal of Public Administration 68(2), Jun, 2022: p.219-232 The sudden occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic affected millions of lives in India. The Indian government inter alia took immediate steps to give relief to the taxpayers under direct tax laws for sustaining their livelihood and to stabilise the economic growth. Post-lockdown, further measures were undertaken to address genuine concerns and hardships of the taxpayers. The suggestions of the international agencies, economic survey, some revenue officers for handling the emerging situation, and policy decisions taken by the direct tax administration pre- and post-Budget 2021 have been examined. Finally, it was found that an ongoing progressive tax structure and administration is the need of the hour for consistent economic growth and human development. – Reproduced Government response, Public policy, Direct taxation, Covid pandemic. 33455 Indian Journal of Public Administration PUBLIC POLICY AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 394684 IIPA IIPA 2022-09-28 68(2), Jun, 2022: p.219-232 AR127210 2022-09-28 AR