Haryana has registered an increase of 42.7 per cent including excise duty of 9.32 per cent in the revenue from the period between April 1 up and August 31, 2017 as compared to the revenue of corresponding period last year.
With this, Haryana has become the sixth highest Goods and Services Tax (GST) depositing State in the country with the deposit of Rs 4,647.94 crore up to August 31, 2017, way ahead of the neighbouring States, said Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Tuesday while thanking the business community for successful implementation of GST in the State.
He said that 76.98 per cent of the enrolled dealers filed their GSTR 3B returns as against the present national average of 72 per cent. He also appreciated the efforts of officers of Excise and Taxation Department in implementation of GST in letter and spirit.
Capt Abhimanyu said Haryana was the sixth highest GST depositing State in the country way ahead of neighbouring States including Punjab which had deposited Rs 1,516.32 crore, Himachal Pradesh Rs 820.67 crore, Jammu & Kashmir Rs 263.99 crore, Uttarakhand Rs 1,688.34 crore, Delhi Rs 3,236.91 crore, Rajasthan Rs 2,535.24 crore and Union Territory Chandigarh Rs 174.1 crore.
The only States contributing more GST than Haryana are much largest States like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat, he added.
The Finance Minister said the total GST deposited by the State included 794.65 crore as Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST), Rs 2,246.80 crore as Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST), Rs 1263.84 crore State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) and CESS of Rs 342.65 crore. Contrary to this, Punjab has deposited GST of only Rs 1,516.32 crore including Rs 311.86 crore as CGST, Rs 612.31 crore IGST, Rs 574.67 crore SGST and Rs 12.48 CESS, said he.
While referring to the district wise payment of GST in the State, Capt. Abhimanyu said Gurugram (east) topped the list with contribution of Rs 701.623 crore followed by Gurugram (north) with Rs 593.224 crore, Gurugram (west) with Rs 324.631 crore and Gurugram (south) Rs 234.313 crore.
He said similarly, GST payment of Rs 268.381 crore had been made by district Panipat, Rs 253.489 crore by district Rewari, Rs 244.078 crore by district Sonepat and Rs 215.96 crore by district Ambala.