MUMBAI: Total Gross GST revenue collected in the month of March, 2019 stood at Rs 1,06,577 crore of which CGST accounted Rs 20,353 crore, SGST at Rs 27,520 crore, IGST at Rs 50,418 crore (including Rs 23,521 crore collected on imports) and Rs 8,286 crore cess (including Rs 891 crore collected on imports).

The total number of GSTR-3B returns filed for the month of February up to March 31, 2019 came at 75.95 lakh.

The government has settled Rs 17,261 crore to CGST and Rs 13,689 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. Further, Rs 20,000 crore has been settled from the balance IGST available with the Centre on provisional basis in the ratio of 50:50 between Centre and states. The total revenue earned by central government and the state governments after regular and provisional settlement in March stood at Rs 47,614 crore for CGST and Rs 51,209 crore for the SGST.

The collection during March has been the highest since introduction of GST. The revenue in March, 2018 was Rs 92,167 crore and the revenue during March is a growth of 15.6% over the revenue in the same month last year. The revenue for the last quarter in the year 2018-19 is 14.3% higher than the revenue collected during the same period last year. The monthly average of GST revenue during 2018-19 is Rs 98,114 crore which is 9.2% higher than FY 2017-18. These figures indicate that the revenue growth has been picking up in recent months, despite various rate rationalisation measures. 

Published on : 08-04-2019

Source : Times of India