Double-digit growth in tax collection post note ban: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the impact of demonetisation was clearly visible with tax collection figures seeing double-digit growth. Direct tax collection increase was 14.4% till December 19, against a growth rate of only 8.3% previous year, he said. Further, there has been a very significant increase in all indirect taxes till November 30, he added.