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The government has raised Rs 2.01 lakh crore from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in May 2025. It has increased by 16.4% on an annual basis. According to the data released on Sunday 1 June, a year ago, in May 2024, the government collected Rs 1.73 lakh crore GST.
In April 2025 last month, the government raised Rs 2.37 lakh crore from the Goods and Services Tax (GST). It increased by 12.6% on an annual basis. This was a record of GST collection.
GST collection in FY 2025-26
| 2025 | GST collection |
| april | ₹ 2.37 |
| May | ₹ 2.01 |
Note- The figures are in lakh crore rupees.
Source-GST portal
Last month raised ₹ 1.90 lakh crore from domestic transaction
The government charged 1.90 lakh crore tax from domestic transactions in April. It has grown 10.7% on an annual basis. At the same time, 46,913 crore GST government has raised through imports. It has increased by 20.8% in a year.
- In April, the government refunded a total amount of Rs 27,341 crore.
- After the refund, the NET GST collection for July was Rs 2.09 lakh crore.
- This is 9.1% higher than the same period of previous year (July 2023).
Economy’s health shows GST collection
GST collection is an important indicator of Economic Health. Higher collections indicate strong consumer expenses, industrial activity and effective tax compliance.
Businesses often clear the transactions from March to the end of the year in April, increasing tax filings and collections. KPMG’s National Head Abhishek Jain said that the highest GST collection so far reflects a strong domestic economy.
GST was implemented in 2017
The government implemented GST across the country on 1 July 2017. After this, 17 taxes and 13 centers of the central and state governments were removed. On the completion of 7 years of GST, the Finance Ministry posted with the achievements achieved during the last seven years.
GST is an indirect tax. It was implemented in 2017 to replace many types of indirect tax like VAT, service tax, purchase tax, excise duty. The GST has four slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28%.
GST is divided into four parts:
- CGST (Central GST): It is collected by the central government.
- SGST (State GST): It is collected by state governments.
- IGST (Integrated GST): Applied to interstate transactions and imports, divided between the central and state governments.
- Cess: Additional fees levied on specific goods (eg, luxury items, tobacco) to raise funds for specific purpose.
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