NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - India's direct tax receipts
rose 42.5 percent year on year during the April 1 to Dec. 15
period to 1.64 trillion rupees ($41.53 billion), or 61 percent of
the annual target for this fiscal year, the finance ministry said
on Tuesday.
In February, India set a direct tax target of 2.67 trillion
rupees for the financial year 2007/08.
Corporate tax receipts were up 42.37 percent at 983.91
billion rupees, while income tax grew by 42.83 percent to 657.74
billion rupees in the same period.
($1=39.49 rupees)
(Reporting by Surojit Gupta, Editing by Mark Williams)
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