Rising e-way bills in July signal GST collections set to increase

NEW DELHI  : Electronic-way bill generation improved sequentially in July, signalling a continued recovery in economic activity and a likely improvement in goods and services tax (GST) collections in August, offering relief to policymakers. Data issued by the GST Network on Monday showed that daily average e-way bills this month as of 18 July was at 1.97 million, an 8.5% rise from the full-mo…