India’s gross Items and Companies Tax (GST) assortment rose to Rs 1.83 lakh crore in February 2026, marking an 8.1% enhance over the identical interval final month, in keeping with official knowledge launched on Sunday.
With this, whole gross GST income for FY26 as on February 28 stood at Rs 20.27 lakh crore, reflecting an 8.3% year-on-year rise.
Refunds throughout the month got here in at Rs 22,595 crore, up 10.2% YoY, taking the online GST income for February to Rs 1.61 lakh crore. Whereas home refunds declined 5.3% to Rs 9,939 crore, refunds associated to imports surged 26.5% to Rs 12,656 crore.
Gross home income stood at Rs 1.36 lakh crore, up 5.3%, whereas gross import income rose sharply by 17.2% to Rs 47,837 crore final month.
Nevertheless, web cess income dropped considerably to Rs 5,063 crore, in comparison with Rs 13,481 crore in February final yr.
State-wise post-settlement GST revenues offered a blended image. Industrialised states reported stable positive aspects, whereas some smaller states noticed contractions.
Maharashtra emerged as the most important contributor to the tax kitty with Rs 10,286 crore in pre-settlement collections, adopted by Karnataka and Gujarat.
States that recorded constructive GST income development as per post-settlement SGST included Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, amongst others.
Then again, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir have been among the many states that posted unfavorable GST income development within the post-settlement SGST knowledge.
