Negative Growth in CE Revenue - 13% growth in ST

By Vijay Kumar

CBEC's Revenue collection for the first six months of the year stood at Rs. 2,41,811 crore, which is less than 40% of the Budget Estimate. Service Tax accounted for 77,000 Crores while Excise brought in 75,000 crores and surprisingly Customs was ahead with 89,000 crores.