India, April 3 -- The government has marginally exceeded the indirect tax collection target for fiscal 2025-26, an official said on Thursday.The total indirect tax collection, which includes customs, excise and GST, as per Revised Estimates (RE) was pegged at over INR 15.52 lakh crore for FY26. This includes INR 2.58 lakh crore from customs duty, INR 3.38 lakh crore from excise duty, and INR 9.58 lakh crore from Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST).

Without giving actual figures, the official said that revenues from customs duty came in at 102 per cent of RE, while in case of excise duty it was 101 per cent of RE. The Central GST collection came in at 100.8 per cent of RE for FY26."Overall, GST plus non-GST collection came in at 101.2 p...