India, Nov. 1 -- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in October stood at over Rs 1 lakh crore mark, the finance ministry said on Sunday.

Since February this year, GST collections crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the first time. The collections had fallen due to the lockdown imposed to contain the COVID-19.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the gross GST revenue collected in the month of October, 2020 is Rs. 1,05,155 crore of which CGST is Rs. 19,193 crore, SGST is Rs. 25,411 crore, IGST is Rs. 52,540 crore (including Rs. 23375 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs. 8,011 crore (including Rs.932 crore collected on import of goods). The total number of GSTR-3B Returns filed for the month of October upto 31stOctob...