Net tax receipts for the first three months of 2013 touched Rs 1.02 trillion.
Government sources say India could consider raising the policy repo rate if the rupee falls towards 61-62 to the dollar.
The bank is due to review the monetary policy on July 30.
Media has raised the issues that new pricing to benefit Reliance Industries.
India's gold imports could pick up in the next few months after slumping 81 percent in June as falling prices spur buying, a government source said, adding to New Delhi's anxiety over a record-low rupee and a wide current account deficit.
India sharpened measures to curb imports of the yellow metal by hiking the import duty and restricting consignment imports, after shipments jumped to more than 300 tonnes in April and May.
The rupee fell to an all-time low of 61.21 on Monday, sparking speculation about potential measures from the Reserve Bank of India, including providing a special window for oil companies to buy dollars.
Hindustan Unilever shares were up 3.7 per cent at 9.24 am after earlier hitting an all-time high of Rs 632.
The Reserve Bank of India has cut repo rates, the rate at which it lends money to banks, by 75 basis points since January this year, but most banks have not lowered lending rates.
Wage hikes and rupee depreciation may affect the business.
It may widen because of money outflows.
India's current account deficit hit a record high 4.8 per cent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year that ended in March
FIIs have been strong buyers of shares since last year until a recent streak of selling.
Rupee, he said, is not in shambles and "we should not be overtly pessimistic".
India has been struggling to control the current account deficit that hit an all-time high of 6.7 percent of GDP in the December quarter.
Two senior ministry officials, who declined to be named, said the aim was to attract more capital flows from wealth funds in West Asian countries.
Earlier, Finance Minister P Chidambaram had said he thought the figure was 262 tonnes.
DLF, which builds homes, offices and shopping malls, has lost about 61 per cent of its value since listing on the stock exchange in 2007, underperforming the wider market.
The company stock ended up 4.49 per cent.
Overall, merchandise imports rose 10.9 per cent to $41.95 billion.
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