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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicDirect tax

Topic: direct tax

Personal income tax now over 30% of govt’s tax revenue, significantly higher than corporate tax

The I-T dept Thursday released time-series data on direct tax collections between 2000-01 & 2023-24, showing an increasing reliance on direct taxes versus indirect taxes.

Net direct tax collection rises 18% year-over-year in FY23, announces government

In FY22, the government had collected Rs 14.12 trillion as net direct tax. Personal income and corporate tax make up most of the country's direct tax mop up.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.