Ministry of Finance

Rs 1,29,780 crore gross GST Revenue collection for December 2021

Posted On: 01 JAN 2022 1:40 PM by PIB Delhi

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of December 2021 is Rs 1,29,780 crore of which CGST is Rs 22,578 crore, SGST is Rs 28,658 crore, IGST is Rs 69,155 crore (including Rs 37,527 crorecollected on import of goods) and cess is Rs 9,389 crore (including Rs 614 crore collected on import of goods).

The government has settled Rs 25,568 crore to CGST and Rs 21,102 crore to SGST from IGST asregular settlement. The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of December 2021 aftersettlements is Rs 48,146 crore for CGST and Rs 49,760 crore for the SGST.

The revenues for the month of December 2021 are 13% higher than the GST revenues in the samemonth last year and 26% higher than the GST revenues in December 2019. During the month, revenuesfrom import of goods was 36% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import ofservices) are 5% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

The GST collection in the month is close to Rs 1.30 lakh crore despite reduction of 17% in the numberof e-way bills generated in the month of November, 2021 (6.1 crore) as compared to the month of October, 2021 (7.4 crore) due to improved tax compliance and better tax administration by both Centraland State Tax authorities.

The average monthly gross GST collection for the third quarter of the current year has been Rs 1.30 lakhcrore against the average monthly collection of Rs 1.10 lakh crore and Rs 1.15 lakh crore in the first andsecond quarters respectively. Coupled with economic recovery, anti-evasion activities, especiallyaction against fake billers have been contributing to the enhanced GST. The improvement inrevenue has also been due to various rate rationalization measures undertaken by the Council tocorrect inverted duty structure. It is expected that the positive trend in the revenues will continuein the last quarter as well.

The chart below shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year. The table showsthe state-wise figures of GST collected in each State during the month of December, 2021 as comparedto December 2020.

State-wise growth of GST Revenues during December 2021[1]

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