Reaffirming Punjab’s strong fiscal performance, Finance, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema announced on Monday that the state recorded a robust 14.59 per cent growth in Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections during May 2026.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the retrospective levy of 28 per cent GST on online gaming bets, holding that the tax was constitutionally valid and did not violate the constitutional framework governing Goods and Services Tax.
The gross GST collection spiked by 8.7 per cent in April to a record of about Rs 2.43 trillion, government data showed.
The report also identifies key structural challenges constraining India's global competitiveness — fragmented state-led branding, limited global marketing outreach, lack of experience-led packaging, and ease-of-travel barriers including connectivity and visa processes.
The Delhi government moves to reset GST operations with large-scale transfers after inspection highlights discipline issues, long postings and complaints from taxpayers over delays and inefficiencies.
The GST body did not specify the period in which the cases of fake invoices were detected.
The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of April up to May 31, 2019 is 72.45 lakh. The GSTR-3B Form records the summary of outward supplies, input tax credit (ITC) claimed and net tax payable.
At another level, puncturing a hole in the government’s claims of having added 10.6 million new taxpayers in the financial year 2016-17, some 25 per cent more than the previous year, the income-tax department now talks of the surge in “stop filers”, people earlier paying income tax but not doing so now.
The Goods and Services Tax collection rose 10.05 per cent in April 2019 from a year ago
The minister said that over the last 5 years the government did not increase tax rates, and in some cases doubled tax base and increased tax collection.
