India's direct tax receipts were up 43.45 percent to 494.11 billion rupees until June 21, on the back of a higher advance tax payments by corporates, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
Collection from corporate tax were 306.55 billion rupees, up 39.81 percent from a year-ago, while income tax receipts were up 49.8 percent to 187.56 billion rupees, it said in a statement.
"The advance tax payments by top companies have shown a healthy growth. The highest contribution has come from ONGC followed by SBI and SAIL, indicating that the growth is visible in almost all sectors of economy," the ministry said.
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