Gross GST revenue collected in November came in at Rs 1,31,526 crore. This was an improvement over the Rs 1,30,000 crore collected in the month of October, data released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday showed. 

Out of this, the CGST component accounted For Rs 23,978 crore, SGST Rs 31,127 crore, IGST Rs 66,815 crore (including Rs 32,165 crore on import of goods), and cess Rs 9,606 crore (including Rs 653 crore on import of goods). 

November was the second straight month in which gross GST collection crossed Rs 1,30,000 crore.

The revenues for the month of November 2021 were 25 per cent higher than the comparable month last year and 27 per cent higher than those witnessed in 2019-20, the data showed. 

The revenues for November are the second highest ever since introduction of GST. The highest-ever revenues since the rollout of the tax were collected in April this year at over Rs 1,41,000 crore. 

“The GST revenues for November 2021 have been the second highest ever since introduction of GST, second only to that in April 2021, which related to year-end revenues and higher than last month’s collection, which also included the impact of returns required to be filed quarterly,” the ministry said. 

Collections were very much in line with the broader trend in economic recovery, the government said.