TIOL-DDT 717 · Thursday, 11 October 2007 · story 5 of 7

Excise and Customs Revenue crosses the One lakh Crores mark

It is not the Sensex which alone is rising. Revenue is booming with no chance of a fall. CE and Customs Revenues up to September 2007 was at a high of 1,03,134 Crores, 10.8% higher than the collections for the same period last year. Service Tax netted 16867 Crores till August 2007.

FM should be smiling all the way to the polls.