The government has collected over Rs 1.80 lakh crore through direct taxes till mid-July in the financial year 2017-18, a surge of 21.4 percent year-on-year. This fiscal, the government is aiming to collect Rs 9.8 lakh crore in direct taxes, which could further increase if greater compliance was ensured.
Belying worries of India’s economic growth slowdown, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar has stated that the current growth rate is higher as compared to the target rate of 15.32 percent required to achieve the Budget Estimate. He also pointed out that the current growth rate in direct tax collections is quite healthy, belying any apprehension of reduction in the level of economic or commercial activities. He also mentioned that the government has taken significant initiatives to strengthen the economic activity in the country and several positive measures were announced in the Budget 2017–18.
Gangwar further said that the number of cyber crimes pertaining to credit card, ATM, debit card and internet banking shows a marginal rise of 4.4 percent to 13,653 in 2016-17 from 13,083 in 2014-15. He also noted that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a Cyber Security Framework in Banks, making it mandatory for banks to put in place a Board-approved cyber-security policy, which covers the risks from cyber threats and the measures to address these risks.
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