Contribution of cesses to central govt's tax kitty doubles to over 18%

States have been concerned about increasing cases of Centre imposing cesses for garnering additional revenue

The share of proceeds collected through various types of cess in the net revenue receipts of the central government has increased from 7.3 per cent in FY14 to 18.2 per cent in FY21.

The details of cess collected by the government were shared by the Finance Ministry in response to a question raised in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

The data shows that in FY14, an amount of Rs 73,880 crore was collected as cess, constituting 7.3 per cent of the total revenue receipts of Rs 10.14 trillion the same year. In FY21, the cess collected rose to Rs 2,96,884 crore