12.19% increase in GST collection in Uttarakhand, achieved 13th position in the country
A review meeting was held at the Finance Minister’s residence regarding GST collection. In which the department officials said that better results are coming out in GST collection. In the GST collection of last month, the department has got a revenue of Rs 6100.95 crore. Last year, till this period, GST collection was Rs 5437.85 crore.
On Friday, Finance Minister Dr. Premchand Agarwal held a meeting with the senior officials of the GST department on various subjects including GST Collection Vyapari Samman Yojana. In the meeting held at the government residence, Commissioner GST Ahmed Iqbal said that in this year’s GST collection, revenue of Rs 6100.95 crore has been received till the month of November. He said that compared to last year, there has been an increase of 12.19 percent in GST collection this year.
The Commissioner said that Uttarakhand has secured 13th position in SGST collection in the whole country. On this, the Finance Minister praised the working style of the officials and asked to innovate towards increasing the GST collection further. Finance Minister Premchand Agarwal said that the mega draw of Bill Lao Inam Pao Yojana should be organized soon. So that prizes can be given to the winners. He said that like PRD, a company should be deployed for security at the checkpoints built on the state’s border. So that accidents can be curbed by having security personnel at the checkpoints. Commissioner Ahmed Iqbal, Special Commissioner IS Brijwal, Additional Commissioner Anil Singh etc. were present on this occasion.
