Monthly GST revenue collected by the central and state governments have increased to a record high of Rs 1.23 crore in the month of March 2021.
In February, the governments collected Rs 1.13 lakh crore GST, which rose to more than 10,000 crore in March.
This is a sign of the economy coming back on the track after it was hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown thereafter.
Of the Rs 1.23 lakh crore revenue, CGST stood at Rs 22,973 crore, SGST was at Rs 29,329 crore.
The Integrated Goods and Services Tax stood at Rs 62,842 crore (Comprising Rs 31,097 crore collected on import of goods) and cess was Rs 8,757 crore (including Rs 935 crore collected on import of goods).
The government settled Rs 21,879 crore to CGST and Rs 17,230 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement, the finance ministry said in a release
Moreover, the Centre also settled Rs 28,000 crore as the IGST ad-hoc settlement in the ratio of 50:50 between Centre and States/UTs.
The total revenue of the Centre and the states after regular and ad-hoc settlements for the month of March 2021 was Rs 58,852 crore for CGST and Rs 60,559 crore for SGST.
The Centre also released a compensation of Rs 30,000 crore during the month of March 2021, the ministry stated.
During the month, revenues from import of goods were 70% higher and the revenues from the domestic transaction (including import of services) were 17% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.
The GST revenue witnessed a growth rate of (-) 41%, (-) 8%, 8% and 14% in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of this financial year, respectively, as compared to the same period last year, clearly indicating the trend in the recovery of GST revenues as well as the economy as a whole.
GST revenues have crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark for six months straight. Closer monitoring against fake-billing, deep data analytics using data from multiple sources including GST, Income-tax and Customs IT systems and effective tax administration also contributed to the steady increase in tax revenue over the last few months.
