India's net direct tax collection in 2017/18 stood at 10.03 trillion rupees, up 18 percent on year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
The growth was the fastest in seven fiscal years.Last month, a finance ministry official had said the country's direct tax mop-up had exceeded the budget target.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)