GST collections down for second month in a row

The government’s collections from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) declined for the second month in a row to ₹94,726 crore in December.
Collections declined from the Rs 97,637 crore in November, which was itself lower than the Rs 1,00,710 crore collected in October.
“The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of December 2018 is Rs 94,726 crore of which CGST is Rs 16,442 crore, SGST is Rs 22,459 crore, IGST is Rs 47,936 crore and cess is Rs 7,888 crore,” the government said in a statement. “The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of November up to December 31, 2018 is 72.44 lakh.”