New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- The Finance Ministry has said that Good and Services Tax (GST) collection for December showed a growth of 16% from its December 2018 figure as it has collected a gross GST revenue of Rs 1,03,184 crore in December 2019.
In a press release on Wednesday, the ministry asserted that CGST was Rs 19,962 crore, state GST was Rs 26,792 crore, integrated GST (IGST) was Rs 48,099 crore and cess Rs 8,331 crore.
If we consider IGST collected from imports, the total revenue during December, 2019 has increased by 9% in comparison to the revenue during December, 2018, the Ministry said.
During this month, the IGST on import of goods has seen a negative growth of (-) 10%, but is an improvement over (-) 13% last month and (-) 20% i...