The country's GST collection increased by 6.1% in December 2025, bringing Rs 1.74 lakh crore to the government treasury.

News Topical, Digital Desk : According to the latest official data released on January 1, 2026, India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in December 2025 increased by 6.1% to ₹1,74,550 crore compared to ₹1,64,556 crore in December 2024.
GST refunds increased by 30.9% year-on-year to ₹28,980 crore. Total domestic GST revenue increased by 1.2% to ₹1.22 lakh crore in December 2025, while taxes from imports increased by 19.7%.

How much was the GST revenue?

Net GST revenue in December 2025 stood at ₹1.45 lakh crore, a growth of 2.2 per cent year-on-year. For the period April-December 2025, total GST revenue stood at ₹16.50 lakh crore, an increase of 8.6% from ₹15.19 lakh crore collected in the same period last year.
In November, overall GST collections increased by 0.7% to around ₹1.70 lakh crore compared to around ₹1.69 lakh crore in the same month last year.

Why did GST collection increase?

This increase in GST collections was primarily due to a sharp 19.7% increase in import revenue, which contributed ₹51,977 crore to the total collections. Domestic total revenue saw a marginal increase of 1.2%, totaling ₹1,22,574 crore for the month. The monthly collection breakdown includes ₹34,289 crore in CGST, ₹41,368 crore in SGST, and ₹98,894 crore in IGST.

Good growth in GST due to imports

Imports boosted GST, with gross import revenues of ₹51,977 crore (approximately $1.9 billion), up 19.7% from last year. Compensation cess, which continues as a transitional measure until loan and interest liabilities are settled, fell sharply in December, with net cess revenues of ₹4,238 crore (approximately $1.6 billion), down from ₹12,033 crore (approximately $1.6 billion) last year, a decline of 64.7%. 

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