High tax rate is not really a problem as long as government is spending the collected tax for the development of citizens but as Indian I know most of the tax collected not spent properly and moreover politicians loot more than half just in the form of commission alone on multiple levels.
In a country like ours, the commission system and rampant bribing are most common. Nothing gets approved unless there is a commission set for the babus and a bribe is paid to a local politician. In such a country where a noncorrupt officer cannot survive in the system without being corrupt high taxes do not help in the development of the nation. I was going through the
per capita income of Indians according to the state. Goa has the highest per capita income for 2021 which was above 4 lac and Bihar is the lowest which was 43k. A big deficit in earning capabilities between the two states, but the tax slab is the same for every Indian living in these two states. This is why you would find more Biharis working outside their home state as their earning are not sufficient in their home to survive every month.
Cryptocurrencies gave that opportunity, but as usual, the government of India took it away by implementing an atrocious tax. According to my understanding, the steps that the government has now taken will only encourage the youth to go into illegal ways to access international exchanges. The government will only end up losing more revenue than it achieved in the previous financial year.