Historical increase in GST collection in Chhattisgarh: Top in the country with 18% growth rate
Raipur 2 July 2025: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai today held a review meeting of the Commercial Tax (GST) Department at Mahanadi Bhawan located in the Ministry. He got detailed information about the work and revenue collection of the department and directed to work on measures to increase tax collection. Chief Minister Sai said that the tax amount is used in the development work of the country and the state, so everyone should pay tax honestly. Sai said that strict action should be taken against those who evade tax (GST) and tax recovery should be ensured from them. During the meeting, officials said that in the financial year 2024-25, the state received a total tax revenue of Rs 23,448 crore from GST and VAT, which is 38% of the total tax revenue of the state. Chhattisgarh has achieved a GST growth rate of 18%, which is the highest in the country. Finance and Commercial Tax (GST) Minister OP Choudhary shared departmental information in the meeting. Chief Minister Sai appreciated the efforts made by the department for GST collection and said that continuous efforts should be made to increase the collection in accordance with the rules. He also discussed in detail with the departmental officials on the cases of tax evasion and the measures to deal with them.
Chief Minister Sai directed to take strict action against those who take unfair advantage by using fake bills, double bookkeeping system and wrong tax rates. Praising the innovative initiatives of the department, he said that the average time limit for GST registration has been reduced from 13 days to 2 days. In the meeting, the officials gave information about the major actions taken recently by the GST department and the recovery of tax evasion amount. It was told in the meeting that the actions taken by the department are continuously increasing the tax revenue of the government. It is noteworthy that GST offices have been established in all 33 districts of the state, due to which the work of tax collection and GST related services is being done with transparency and timeliness. Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Subodh Kumar Singh, Secretary to Chief Minister Mukesh Kumar Bansal, Secretary to Chief Minister Rahul Bhagat and Commissioner of Commercial Tax Pushpendra Meena along with senior officers were present in the meeting.
