GST collections come at Rs 1.06 lakh crore in March

02 Apr 2019 Evaluate

The government has revealed Goods and Services Tax (GST) data for the month March 2019. GST collections in March came in at a record Rs 1.06 lakh crore. However, it is not enough to meet the Union government's target of Rs 12 lakh crore for the fiscal year ended March 31. March witnessed the highest ever monthly return filing since GST rollout on July 1, 2017. The collections indicate that the revenue growth has been picking up despite various rate rationalisation measures. The gross collections during FY19 fiscal totalled a little over Rs 11.77 lakh crore.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the record collections in March indicates the expansion in both manufacturing and consumption. Moreover, the monthly average of GST revenue during FY 19 is Rs 98,114 crore, 9.2 per cent higher than the previous fiscal. These figures indicate that the revenue growth has been picking up in recent months, despite various rate rationalisation measures.

Besides, the Government, which had upwardly revised fiscal deficit target to accommodate the cash-dole-out plan to farmers, was banking on its share of estimated GST collections of Rs 5.03 lakh crore out of about Rs 11.47 lakh crore in total mop-up for FY19. But, the final numbers showed gross central GST coming in at Rs 4.25 lakh crore, about Rs 78,000 crore short of what the Centre was targeting.

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