GST collections slip below Rs 1 lakh crore mark to Rs 97,247 crore in February

05 Mar 2019 Evaluate

The Finance Ministry has stated that Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections slipped below Rs 1 lakh crore mark to Rs 97,247 crore in the month of February from Rs 1.02 lakh crore in the previous month. The number of sales return or GSTR-3B filed for the month of January up to February 28, 2019 is 73.48 lakh. For the current fiscal year, GST collections till February touched to Rs 10.70 lakh crore.

The Ministry said the total gross GST revenue collected in February 2019 is Rs 97,247 crore of which Central GST (CGST) is Rs 17,626 crore, State GST (SGST) is Rs 24,192 crore, Integrated GST (IGST) is Rs 46,953 crore and Cess is Rs 8,476 crore.

Meanwhile, for the current financial year, the Centre has lowered the GST collection target to Rs 11.47 lakh crore in the revised estimates, from Rs 13.71 lakh crore budgeted initially. For the next fiscal 2019-20, the government has pegged GST collection target at Rs 13.71 lakh crore.

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