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India’s GST Collection is Close 9.71 Lakh Crore
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India’s GST Collection is Close 9.71 Lakh Crore

GST collections in January crossed Rs 1 lakh crore-mark after a gap of 2 months, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. "The total gross GST Revenue collected in the month of January, 2019 has today crossed Rs 1 lakh crore. This has been a significant improvement over collection of Rs 94,725 crore during last month and Rs 89,825 crore during the same month last year," the ministry tweeted. This is the third time in current fiscal that GST collections have crossed the Rs one lakh crore-mark. Previously in April and October, the collections had surpassed this milestone. "Gross GST Revenue in Jan 2019 crossed Rs 1 lakh crore... This has been achieved despite huge reduction in tax rates for various items benefitting poor, farmers & middle class," Finance Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted...
India’s GST Revenue Collection Crosses 94,000 Crore
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India’s GST Revenue Collection Crosses 94,000 Crore

Hasmukh Adhia, the Union Finance Secretary has announced that the revenue collection from the total goods and services tax (GST) for the month of May amounted to Rs 94,016 crores. The news became trending on Friday after the statement given by Adhia. In this context, he quoted, "The total GST collection for May (April revenue collected in May) is Rs 94,016 crore, which is higher compared to average monthly collection of Rs 89,885 crore of 2017-18. This reflects better compliance after introduction of e-way bills." Digging into the details, the Finance Ministry's information as filed in the reports revealed that out of the total amount of revenue, Central GST (CGST) amounted to Rs 15,866 crore while the State GST (SGST) amounted to Rs 21,691 crore. On the other hand, Rs 49,120 crore w...