Govt collects ₹20,165 crore edu tax in April-Jan
The Government has collected ₹20,165 crore through education tax in the first ten months of the current fiscal, namely between April and January. Of this, ₹14,509 crore was collected under direct taxes and ₹5,656 crore under indirect taxes, said MoS for Finance Jayant Sinha. Education tax proceeds are "spent on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and [the] mid-day meal scheme", he added.