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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh has created a record by collecting highest revenue in the country from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), with the Northeastern State witnessing a 90 per cent growth in revenue in April this year in comparison to the previous year. According to the data released by the Finance Ministry two days ago, the frontier State collected a sum of Rs 196 crore as GST revenue in April this year, compared to Rs 103 crore in April last year.
While Ladakh came in second spot with a growth of 53 per cent in GST revenue, Andaman and Nicobar Islands registering a 44 per cent growth and achieved the third position, the data revealed. Arunachal Pradesh had registered a 14 per cent GST revenue growth in March, 2022 after the State collected Rs 105 crore from GST. The State's GST collection in March, 2021 was Rs 92 crore.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju who shared the information on Twitter, congratulated Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein for the record feat.
"Good news for India is GST revenue collection for April, 2022 is record Rs 1.68 lakh crore. Great news is that Arunachal Pradesh recorded highest GST collection in April, 2022 with 90% jump! Congratulations Arunachal Pradesh led by CM @PemaKhanduBJP & DyCM and FM @ChownaMeinBJP," Rijiju said in his official twitter handle. Chief Minister Khandu also shared the State's achievement in a social media post.
"A great news from Arunachal Pradesh! Arunachal records highest growth of GST revenue during April, 2022 vis a vis April, 2021. A record 90% jump in GST collection," Khandu said in a tweet.
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