ITANAGAR, 23 Sep: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Tuesday interacted with shopkeepers and traders in Naharlagun near here, and highlighted the benefits, processes, and compliance aspects of Goods and Services Tax (GST).

When GST was implemented, the indirect tax revenue of Arunachal Pradesh was Rs 270 crore. Today, it has reached Rs 1,900 crore and an increase of 700 percent, Mein said while leading the Next-Gen GST Prachar Abhiyaan at G-Extension market.

He said the number of GST taxpayers has also increased from just over 7,000 in 2017 to nearly 18,500 by mid-2025.

This increase is due to wider digital access, simplified registration processes, and efforts to bring small businesses into the formal economy, the DCM said.

Terming the GST ‘One Nation, One Tax’, Mein said earlier t

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