Placed below is the provisional Customs & Central Excise Revenue collection for the month of May 2008 , Service Tax revenue collection for the month of April, 2008 along with the comparative data for the corresponding period of the previous year and growth rate over previous year.

A. Customs & Excise Duties:

May 2008

(In RsCrore)

HEAD	Revenue realised in May,2007		May 2008
			Revenue Realised		% Growth
	for the Month	upto the Month	for the Month	upto the Month	for the Month	upto the Month
Customs	8148	15369	10205	19223	25.2	25.1
Excise*	9175	15848	9583	15993	4.4	0.9
Total	17323	31217	19788	35216	14.2	12.8

* Exclusive of cess not administered by Department of Revenue.

B. Service Tax:

April, 2008 

(In Rs Crore)

BSC/SS/GN-151/2008

Tax revenue collection shows year on year growth in customs, excise and service tax monthly receipts. Provisional month wise indirect tax receipts show comparative monthly and year to date figures for Customs and Central Excise (May 2008) and Service Tax (April 2008) with percentage growth rates; Customs and Excise are itemised and aggregated, excise figures exclude cess not administered by the Department of Revenue, and Service Tax publishes a year on year monthly increase.