mumbai the cashstrapped state governments revenue has shown signs of recovery after lockdown curbs were lifted in june but the pandemic has left its mark in the sevenmonth period between apriloctober this year the state has managed to raise only 41 of its annual revenue targetthe latest data shows that till octoberend the state had raised rs 151 lakh crore of the annual target of rs 369 lakh crore the states revenue collection dipped between september and october mainly because the state had received a large tranche of gst compensation from the centre in september this was worth rs 3945 crore however the collection of taxes rose in october compared to the previous month in october the state collected taxes worth rs 17705 crore compared to rs 16282 crore the previous month in the seven months till now the state has met 43 of its tax collection target for the yearin october the collection of stamp duty and registration fees which reflect real estate transactions were higher this increased to rs 2866 crore in october from 2640 crore in september however vehicle tax collections dipped from rs 8336 crore in september to rs 749 crore in october despite the onset of the festive season observers say the vehicle purchase was impacted by the rise in fuel pricesstate gst collections soared in october recording the secondhighest figure for the year with the onset of the festive season and the release of pentup demand revenues are expected to improve during the festive season and in the last quarter of the year said a senior official