India's direct tax receipts between April and February rose 11.3 percent from a year ago to 2.59 trillion rupees ($50 billion), a finance ministry official said on Thursday.

Corporate tax receipts were up 16.8 percent at 1.63 trillion rupees, while income tax collections grew 9.6 percent to 959.3 billion rupees during the period, the official, who did not wish to be named, told Reuters.