Despite a reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates, the gross GST collections rose 4.6 per cent (year-on-year) during the festive month of October to about Rs 1.96 lakh crore.

According to an official data released on Saturday, the GST collections in October last year was over 1.87 lakh crore.

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As per the data, in the month of October, collections of Central-GST, State-GST, and Integrated-GST rose year-on-year, while cess collections dipped year-on-year.

Till now in 2025-26 – April-October, the GST collections rose 9.0 per cent to about Rs 13.89 lakh crore, as against Rs 12.74 lakh crore in the same period last fiscal.

In this case also, all components – CGST, SGST, IGST, rose, while cess declined.

The data further showed that after deducting refunds, the governme

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