GST mops up Rs 92,283 cr in July: Good start, but don’t uncork the bubbly yet

The Narendra Modi-government has so far collected Rs 92,283 crore in July after the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime kicked in, Union finance minister, Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday (read here ). That includes a central GST collection of Rs 14,894 crore, state GST of Rs 22,722 crore and integrated GST of Rs 47,469 crore. As per the available estimates, so far 38.38 lakh taxpayers (of th…