New Delhi. The central government has collected a GST collection of Rs 1.86 lakh crore in August. This figure is 6.5 percent higher than the GST collection in August 2024 last year. In August 2024, a GST collection of Rs 1.75 lakh crore was done. This year, GST collection was Rs 1.96 lakh crore in July 2025. In April 2025, the GST collection was at the highest level. At that time, 2.37 lakh crore rupees were deposited in the treasury of the government from GST. Ever since GST has been implemented, it is the highest collection of GST till now.
Talking about the current financial year, the GST collection was Rs 10,04,414 crore in five months from April to August, with net revenue was Rs 8,78,096 crore. GST collection figures have come at a time when GST Council is going to meet after two days. Discussions are to be held in this meeting under GST reform. Let us tell you that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced from the Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day this year that I am going to make a double Diwali for you. The countrymen are going to get a huge gift.
Prime Minister Modi had said that in the last eight years, our government has made major reforms in GST. Now we are improving Next Generation GST, which will reduce the tax burden on people across the country. Taxes of common needs will be reduced greatly. Following this announcement of PM Modi, the proposal of significant reforms in GST by the Union Finance Ministry was sent to the GST Council for investigation. After which GOM accepted the suggestion of the Union Finance Ministry. Now GST will have two slabs instead of four slabs.
