Tax collection at 73.5% of year-end target
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday said that the government has made tax collections worth ₹10.66 lakh crore till January 30, 73.5% of the annual Budget target. While direct tax collections grew by 10.9% year-on-year to ₹5.22 lakh crore, indirect taxes jumped 33% to ₹5.44 lakh crore during the first ten months of the ongoing fiscal.