West Bengal tops GST enrolment chart at 89.3% so far

According to the Kolkata Commission rate, pan-India enrolment rate stands at 84.01%

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra had expressed “serious doubts” about the country’s preparedness to meet the July 1 deadline for the goods and services tax (GST) roll-out. But numbers suggest otherwise.

Data from the Kolkata Commissionerate of the service tax department show the pan-India GST enrolment rate at 84 per cent. But West Bengal logged 89.4 per cent. The numbers were shared with Business Standard by the The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The numbers, as on May 1, show the proportion of taxpayers who have enrolled themselves on the GST portal. This is required for them to pay