New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Delhi government earned Rs 2,030.38 crore in tax revenue in the first half of the current financial year, 3.5 per cent more than the same period last fiscal year, officials said on Thursday.
The total tax revenue of the government stood at Rs 32,547.70 crore as on October 9 this year, according to the official data.
The excise tax revenue in the first two quarters of the ongoing financial year stood at Rs 3,152.85 crore, up 6 per cent against Rs 2,947.53 crore recorded in the same period of 2025-26, the data showed.
The total tax revenue was Rs 26,128.48 crore up to September 2025. In the current year, it stood at Rs 27,030.38 crore up to September.
The Delhi government has estimated total tax collection of Rs 74,000 crore in 2026-27.
"Streamlined policies and targeted action have helped improve the tax collections. The collections were higher as compared to the first half of last year in almost all categories, including VAT, stamps and registration, and motor vehicles tax, among others," said a senior Delhi government officer.
The biggest contributor to Delhi's tax revenue in the first half of this year was the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with Rs 19,023.42 crore, which was higher than Rs 18,710.89 crore in the same period of the preceding fiscal year.
Other major collections up to September this year were stamps and registration fee at Rs 4,482.50 crore, value added tax (VAT) at Rs 3,826.43 crore, excise Rs 3,152.85 crore, and motor vehicle tax Rs 1,613.76 crore.
The non-tax revenue of the government up to September was Rs 778.37 crore against the 2026-27 budget estimate of Rs 900 crore, the data showed.
The grants in aid received by the Delhi government up to September were Rs 1,000.35 crore. The budget estimate of grants-in-aid for 2026-27 is Rs 7,092.07 crore. The grants received by the government included Rs 517.35 crore under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) and Rs 483 crore as grants from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The total capital receipts of the Delhi government up to September stood at Rs 5,578.12 crore.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.