India's GST collections in December rise 6% to ₹1.74 trillion
What's the story
India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for December 2025 have witnessed a year-on-year growth of 6.1%, amounting to ₹1.74 trillion. This is an increase from the ₹1.64 trillion collected in December 2024, official data released on Thursday showed. The total GST refunds for the month also saw a significant rise of 30.9% YoY, amounting to ₹28,980 crore as compared to ₹22,138 crore in December 2024.
Revenue growth
Gross domestic GST revenue and tax from imports increase
The gross domestic GST revenue for December 2025 grew by 1.2% to ₹1.22 trillion, compared to ₹1.21 trillion in December 2024. Meanwhile, tax from imports saw a 19.7% increase year-on-year, amounting to ₹51,977 crore as of December 2025 against ₹43,438 crore in December 2024. The net GST revenue for the month stood at ₹1.45 trillion—up by a modest 2.2% YoY from December 2024's figure of ₹1.42 trillion.
Cumulative growth
GST collections for April-December 2025 period
For the April-December 2025 period, gross GST revenues totaled ₹16.50 trillion, an increase of 8.6% from ₹15.19 trillion collected during the same period in 2024. MS Mani of Deloitte India attributed this growth to increased consumption and volume growth in many businesses. He emphasized that gross collection growth is a more reliable indicator than net GST collections as refunds during a month are not necessarily related to economic activities in the previous month.
State performance
Concerns over negative growth in GST collections
Mani expressed concern over 17 states, including Delhi, Bihar, MP, Telangana and Tamil Nadu recording negative growth in their GST collections. He noted that while some large states like Maharashtra and Karnataka have recorded low single-digit growths, very few have shown a good positive growth as seen earlier this fiscal year.