India's net direct tax receipts for the first six months of the year grew 19.09 percent from a year ago, totalling 1.82 trillion rupees, government data showed on Tuesday.

In Februrary, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had projected growth of 13.67 percent in direct tax receipts during the current financial year 2010/11 ending March, totalling 4.3 trillion rupees.

Corporate tax receipts for April-September stood at 1.22 trillion rupees, up 21.74 percent from the year ago period, while personal tax receipts rose 13.79 percent to 590.53 billion rupees.

Direct tax receipts for the month of September rose 26.12 percent to 816.47 billion rupees from a year ago, the data showed.