Centre, state govts to focus on efforts to widen GST base: FM Sitharaman

According to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, monthly GST revenue collection has been above Rs 1.4 trillion in the recent past

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated on Saturday that the central and state governments will now concentrate on efforts to broaden the Goods and Services Tax (GST) base, indicating that this would be a major strategy in keeping revenue collections at a robust level.

After the GST Council's Saturday virtual meeting, Sitharaman addressed the media.

In response to a query about how to maintain revenue growth in the wake of a normalising economic growth rate, the minister noted that many members of the GST Council believe that the tax base needs to be expanded even further. This includes increasing the number