GST collection crosses Rs one lakh crore mark in February

Government
has collected over one lakh five thousand crore rupees as Goods and Services
Tax in February this year which is eight percent more than the GST collected in
the same month of last year.

Out of the
total revenue, Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) is over 20 thousand crore
rupees, State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) is over 27 thousand crore and
Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) is over 48 thousand crore rupees.

Finance
Ministry said, during the month of February, the GST revenue from domestic
transactions has shown a growth of 12 percent over the revenue during the month
of February last year.