India, Jan. 4 -- New Delhi: Hundreds of exporters from across the country are still waiting to receive their Goods and Services Tax (GST) refunds totalling Rs 6,053 crore from the government. The exporters claim that the promises of easy and swift GST refunds have not materialised and most of them are facing an acute shortage of capital.

Though the Ministry of Finance led by Nirmala Sitharaman has said that GST refunds of Rs 91,149 crore have already been disbursed, exporters say that the refunds took years to reach this mark and even after steps taken by the Ministry of Finance, Rs 6,053 crore was pending.

According to Ministry of Finance data, Rs 2,473 crore worth of IGST (Integrated Goods and Services Tax) refunds are pending with th...