By Admin 
GST collections in September: After the implementation of the GST reform, the government’s revenue has appeared positively. State governments earlier feared that the rate cuts would negatively impact the collection, but the September 2025 figures prove this fear wrong. The new rates came into effect from 22 September and heavy purchases in the festive season brought the GST collection to a record level.
GST collection increased
In September 2025, the GST collection increased by 9.1 percent to Rs 1.89 lakh crore. Comparison, it was Rs 1.73 lakh crore in September 2024 and Rs 1.86 lakh crore in August 2025. Gross domestic revenue increased by 6.8 percent to Rs 1.36 lakh crore and import tax increased by 15.6 percent to Rs 52,492 crore.
With this, GST refund also increased by 40.1 percent to Rs 28,657 crore on an annual basis. In September 2025, the net GST revenue was Rs 1.60 lakh crore, which is five percent more than the previous year.
Tax rates were cut on 375 items under GST 2.0 reforms, including kitchen goods, electronic items, medicines, equipment and motor vehicles. The direct impact of these changes has been seen as relief to the common consumers and the government as better revenue growth.
Perfect treasure of government
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Monday expressed confidence that the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms will increase the market shopping and will speed up the domestic economy. He said this while interacting with local businessmen, entrepreneurs and tax experts in Indore.
On this occasion, Chaudhary said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that when the GST reforms will provide extra money in the hands of the common people, it will increase the purchase in the market and the economy will gain momentum.” He further said that the GST system led by Prime Minister Modi was implemented in 2017, although the preparation was going on about 10 years ago.
Targeting the Congress -led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Chaudhary said that the government of that time could not succeed in implementing the GST system as the public and the state governments did not trust that government. He alleged that due to lack of credibility of the then government, the state governments could not be ready for the GST system.