Dismissing concerns of slowdown due to demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said both direct and indirect tax collections have shown robust increase during the April-December period, indicating uptick in economic activity including manufacturing.

He said direct tax collection was up 12.01 per cent at Rs 5.53 lakh crore in April-December 2016 as compared to revenue in the year-ago period, while indirect tax receipts soared 25 per cent to Rs 6.30 lakh crore.