F. No.297/07/2015-CX.9
                               Govt. of India
                            Ministry of Finance
                          Department of Revenue
                   (Central Board of Excise and Customs)

                                             New Delhi, the 11th March, 2015

                       REVISED PRESS RELEASE

                          OFFICE MEMORANDUM


       Please refer to the press release issued by Central Board of Excise and
Customs vide O.M. of even no. dt. 11.03.2015 giving details of indirect tax
revenue (provisional) collections during April-February 2015, along with growth
rate over previous year in Annx. A& B.

      Due to inadvertence, the figures under the column " % growth" has been
wrongly calculated. The revised Press Release is enclosed herewith for necessary
action.

Encls: As above

                                                                       Sd/-
                                                      (Akhil Kumar Khatri)
                                             Official Spokesperson [CBEC]
                                                  Phone No. 011- 2309 3667









Sh. D.S. Malik,
ADG (M&C)
Ministry of Finance.
North Block, New Delhi.
                                                                          Annx. `A'

             CBEC PRESS RELEASE DATED 11.03.2015

     Details of Indirect Tax revenue (provisional) collections
during April-February 2015, along with growth rate compared to
the corresponding period in the previous year.

                For the period April ­ February 2015

                                                                   (Rs. in crores)
Tax Head             For the month       %      Upto the month       %      % of RE
            R.E.     2013-14 2014-15   Growth   2013-14 2014-15    growth   achieved
           2014-15
Customs    188713     15109    15695     3.9     157944   170943    8.2       90.6

Central    183858     16213    22123     36.5    149420   162680    8.9       88.5
Excise*
Service    168132     12221    12646     3.5     134201   145007    8.1       86.2
Tax

Total      540703     43543    50464     15.9    441565   478630    8.4       88.5



*Exclusive of cess administered by other departments.
                                                                              ANNX. `B'
             Summary of Revenue Collection upto February 2015

   Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections Increase from Rs. 441565 crore in
April-February 2014 to Rs. 478630 crore during April-February 2015, thus registering an
Increase of 8.4% during April-February 2015 over the corresponding period in the
Previous Year.

    Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) collections have increased from Rs 441565 crore in
April-February 2014 to Rs. 478630 crore during April-February 2015. Thus an increase of
8.4 % has been registered during April-February 2015 over the corresponding period in the
previous year. This is an achievement of 88.5 % of the revised target fixed for RE 2014-15.






    Customs collections have increased from Rs. 157944 crore during April-February 2014 to
Rs. 170943 crore during April-February 2015 registering an increase of 8.2%. This is an
achievement of 90.6% of the revised target fixed for 2014-15.

    Service Tax collections have increased from Rs. 134201 crore in April-February 2014 to
Rs. 145007 crore during April-February 2015 registering an increase of 8.1 %. This is an
achievement of 86.2 % of the revised target fixed for 2014-15.

    Central Excise collections have increased from Rs. 149420 crore in April-February 2014 to
Rs. 162680 crore during April-February 2015 registering an increase of 8.9%. This is an
achievement of 88.5 % of the revised target fixed for 2014-15.