GST Collection At All-Time High Of Over Rs 1.42 Lakh Crore In March

The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in March touched an all-time high of over Rs 1.42 lakh crore, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday (1 April).

"The gross GST revenue collected in the month of March 2022 is Rs 1,42,095 crore, of which CGST is Rs 25,830 crore, SGST is Rs 32,378 crore, IGST is Rs 74,470 crore (including Rs 39,131 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is Rs 9,417 crore (including Rs 981 crore collected on import of goods)," the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

The gross GST collection in March 2022 is all time high breaching earlier record of Rs 1,40,986 crore collected in the Month of January 2022, the ministry added.

The government has settled Rs 29,816 crore to CGST and Rs 25,032 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement, it said.

In addition, Centre has also settled Rs 20,000 crore of IGST on ad-hoc basis in the ratio of 50:50 between Centre and States and UTs in this month.

The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of March 2022 after regular and ad-hoc settlements is Rs 65,646 crore for CGST and Rs 67,410 crore for the SGST.

Centre also released GST compensation of Rs 18,252 crore to States/UTs during the month, the ministry said.

According to the ministry, the revenues for the month of March 2022 are 15 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year and 46 per cent higher than the GST revenues in March 2020.

During the month, revenues from import of goods was 25 per cent higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 11 per cent higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

Total number of e-way bills generated in the month of February 2022 is 6.91 crore as compared to e-way bills generated in the month of January 2022 (6.88 crore) despite being a shorter month, which indicates recovery of business activity at faster pace, the ministry said.

The average monthly gross GST collection for the last quarter of the FY 2021-22 has been Rs 1.38 lakh crore against the average monthly collection of Rs 1.10 lakh crore, Rs 1.15 lakh crore and Rs 1.30 lakh crore in the first, second and third quarters respectively.

Coupled with economic recovery, anti-evasion activities, especially action against fake billers have been contributing to the enhanced GST, the ministry said.

The improvement in revenue has also been due to various rate rationalisation measures undertaken by the GST Council to correct inverted duty structure, it added.