Direct tax collection up 17.85%

 During April-November last year, net direct tax collection stood at Rs 1.83 lakh crore, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, out of Rs 2.16 lakh crore from direct tax collection this year, growth in Corporate Income Tax was 22.3 per cent at Rs 1.38 lakh crore. Similarly, Personal Income Tax mop-up, including Securities Transaction Tax, residual fringe benefit tax and banking cash transactions tax stood at Rs 77,768 crore during April-November this year. This is against Rs 70,278 crore in the year ago period, thereby growing by 10.66 per cent.