Zee Media Bureau
Indirect tax collections rose by 4.6 percent from Rs 1,85,881 Crore in April-August 2013 to Rs 1,94,492 crore during April-August 2014.
Overall, it is an achievement of 31.2 percent of the Budget Estimates for 2014-15.
Service tax collections have also increased from Rs 53,751 crore in April-August 2013 to Rs 61,870 crore during April-August 2014 registering an increase of 15.1 percent.
Similarly, there was an increase in collections of central excise from Rs. 61,131 crore in April-August 2013 to Rs 61,415 crore during April-August 2014, an increase of 0.5 percent and customs from Rs 70,999 crore in April-August 2013 to Rs 71,207 crore during April-August 2014, an increase of 0.3 percent over the corresponding period in the previous year.
With agency inputs
