Income Tax India: Statistics

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2011: 2.77% Indians pay I Tax

Only 2.77% Indians pay income tax

The Times of India, Sep 1, 2011

Just 2.77% of India’s 1.21 billion people pay personal income tax, official data has revealed. “The number of effective tax payers as on March 31, 2011 was 3,35,79,831 (33.57 million),” minister of state for finance S S Palanimanickam said in a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

This is just 2.77 % of over 121 crore or 1.21 billion population of the country. The amount of direct tax collection rose to Rs 446,070 crore in 2010-11 from Rs 378,063 crore the previous year, the minister said. IANS