Chandigarh’s December 2022 GST collection jumps 33%

Chandigarh: UT administration’s goods and service tax (GST) collection in December last year went up to ₹218 crore, a significant 33% jump from the ₹164 crore collected during the same month in 2021.
The same comes in the backdrop of the gross GST collection for November having dropped by 3% in comparison to the revenue earned during the same month in 2021 — a first for the fiscal. The collection stood at ₹175 crore, ₹5 crore lower than the ₹180 crore collected in 2021.
In October, meanwhile, the UT had registered 28% growth in GST collection — which stood at ₹203 crore, ₹45 crore higher than 2021’s ₹158 crore.
One of the biggest jumps was witnessed in September 2022, when the UT saw 35% more GST collection at ₹206 crore, ₹54 crore higher than the ₹152 crore revenue generated in the previous year.
The finance ministry did not release the state-wise data for January.