Haryana Ranks Fourth in the Country in GST Collection | 11 Apr 2023

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On 8 April 2023, Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that Haryana, which was at number six in the country last year in GST collection, has reached number four this time.

Key Points

• Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that this time there has been an increase of 23 percent in GST collection as compared to last year. This time a total GST collection of Rs 33,527 crore has been done in the state.
• The deputy Chief minister, who also holds the charge of the Excise and Taxation Department, informed that last year the state received Rs 2,575 crore as compensation for the last three months. This year, the state government has received a total of Rs 30,951 crore as tax in the state.
• The only small states above Haryana in GST collection across the country are Sikkim, Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Goa.
• Giving information about the important works done in the Excise Department, Dushyant Chautala said that compared to the revenue target of Rs 9,200 crore for the year 2022-23, the department has so far earned Rs 9,687 crore while there is still one month left. It is estimated that this figure will exceed Rs 10,200 crore.
• He informed that high-security CCTV cameras have been installed in all Godowns, distilleries, and bottling plants of the state, and it is expected that leakage has been controlled. He said that in distilleries and bottling plants, monitoring was done through CCTV from DETC's office, this time parallel monitoring will be done in headquarters also so that there is no tax evasion.
• He said that earlier roadside checking of vehicles was done manually, now in the next one-month new software will be prepared, and tablets will be given to the officers so that the location, time and tax evasion data of related goods will be filled on the spot from the GPS of the caught vehicle.