The Commercial Tax Department has registered a 55 percent growth in GST collection in Chhattisgarh as compared to last year.
This was announced during a department review meeting of State Goods and Service Tax (GST) chaired by Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Wednesday, an official statement said.
The department has collected `1,320.47 crore tax money as GST in October 2020, which is 55 percent more than previous year. In October 2019, the Department had collected `850.62 crore as GST.
The Minister praised the record collection made by the Department.
However, GST tax collection on petroleum products dipped this year by `164.16 crore. In 2019, the department collected `1,923.80 as tax on petroleum-products.
Meanwhile, the tax collection on petro-products remained `1,579.64 in 2020.
The Minister also reviewed the GST collection from automobile, coal, cement, iron, steel, electrical and electronics, FMCG, medicine, cigarettes, Pan Masala, fertilizer, telecommunication and real estate, the statement said.
The Minister called for speedy recovery of the pending GST, new registration and more. He asked for a resolution of pending cases and GST return and asked them to take adequate steps to resolve various issues.