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NEW DELHI, Sept 30 |
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - India's direct tax receipts during the April-September period rose a provisional 29.3 percent from a year earlier to 1.5 trillion rupees, a source at the finance ministry told Reuters on Tuesday.
Corporate tax collections were up 34.5 percent at 975 billion rupees, while income tax receipts rose an annual 22.7 percent to 460 billion rupees, the official, who did not wish to be named, said. (Reporting by Manoj Kumar, Editing by Mark Williams)
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