Kolkata, Nov 1 West Bengal’s GST revenue grew by 17 per cent to Rs 6,055 crore in October as compared to Rs 5,175 crore in the corresponding month last year, according to provisional data released by the finance ministry.
For the April-October period of the current financial year, West Bengal’s SGST collection increased 9 per cent to Rs 29,608 crore as against Rs 27,109 crore in the year-ago period.
The figures are provisional and may undergo marginal changes upon finalisation.
Meanwhile, West Bengal received Rs 7,866 crore as the Union government released one advance instalment of tax devolution to states in view of the festive season and to enable states to accelerate capital spending and finance their development and welfare-related expenditure.
(PTI News)
