« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Delhi HC Rules GST Registration Cannot Be Cancelled Retrospectively Without a Clear Show Cause Notice (SCN)  Belated income tax return AY 2026-27: How to file, late filing charges and what you may lose  Major Financial Changes from August 1, 2026: ITR Deadline, RBI MPC Meeting, Tatkal Ticket Rules & More  Government proposes to ease tax relief conditions for offshore funds  TallyPrime Connected Banking: Automating Banking and Accounting  ITR Filing Deadline 2026: Is July 31 the Last Date to File Your Income Tax Return? Latest Official Update  ITR filing deadline nears: How to file income tax return online on e-filing portal - quick 15-step guide  Will the ITR Filing Deadline Be Extended Beyond July 31 for FY 2025-26? Here's the Latest Update for Taxpayers  Income Tax Refund Delayed for AY 2026-27? 5 Common Reasons Your Refund May Be Stuck and How to Fix It  ITR Filing 2026: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Asks Tax Officials to Let Honest Taxpayers Correct Genuine Mistakes  Will Your FCNR Deposit Stay Tax-Free After Returning to India? Tax Rules Explained for NRIs «  ‘Legal framework to back advanced payment and settlement... CBDT norms to address taxpayers` grievances... » Small cities clock smart growth in I-T collections October, 27th 2006 Finance minister’s recent observation that smaller cities have begun paying more taxes is borne out by numbers. Regional centres like Patna, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal and Jaipur also seem to have chipped in to the 40% growth in total income tax collections in the first half of the current fiscal. In fact, growth in personal income tax collections from these centres has been much higher than the national average of 26% in the first half of the current fiscal. Bhubaneswar recorded a growth of 186% in personal income tax collections. Tax collections till September ’06-07, stood at Rs 539 crore, as against Rs 189 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Guwahati too, registered a 72.13% growth in personal income tax collections, touching Rs 341 crore in April-September ’06-07. Jaipur zone has witnessed a 51.1% growth. Personal income tax collections from the regional centre grew from Rs 323 crore in April-September ’05-06 to Rs 488 crore in April-September ’06-07. In fact, Jaipur also witnessed the highest growth in corporate tax collections. It witnessed a rise of 209.2%, as against the national average of 47.9% in corporate tax collections which rose from Rs 348 crore in April-September ’05-06 to Rs 1076 crore in April-September ’06-07. Bhopal has witnessed a growth of 44.96% in personal income tax collections from Rs 639 crore in April-September ’05-06 to Rs 927 crore in the first half of the current fiscal. Hyderabad also saw similar growth levels. Personal income tax collection in first half this fiscal grew by 45% to Rs 1,443 crore from Rs 995 crore in corresponding period last fiscal. Patna witnessed a growth of 37.6% in personal income tax collections. Collections rose from Rs 280 crore in April-September ’05-06 to Rs 386 crore in April-September ’06-07.