Waning Base Effect: Direct tax revenues down a fifth in October

Robust revenues helped the Centre to contain its fiscal deficit in the first half of the current fiscal at 35% of annual budget estimate (BE) compared with 114.8% a year ago and 92.6% in FY20. Growth in tax collections has been beating other macro-economic indicators, but it seems the trend is coming to an end, …

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