Kuchela

    Have you ever heard of toilet tax?  Don’t get astonished to listen to this but it’s a truth.  Recently, the government in Himachal Pradesh created a massive controversy over the so-called toilet tax.  As per this citizens of the state have to pay a fixed sum of money according to the number of toilets in the house.  Sounds awkward, particularly in a socialist and democratic country like India where millions of people don’t have access to a toilet in the house and rely on open defecation.  The government's priority since independence is to discourage open defecation and various schemes like Swachh Bharat actively promote setting up toilets in a home, why does Himachal Pradesh think otherwise?    The proposal seemed awkward and raised many eyebrows, particularly in a country like India, where millions still lack access to basic sanitation facilities and rely on open defecation. The government's longstanding commitment has been to discourage...