GST collection may put Modi govt's fiscal math at risk; check out revenue challenge

The below-par goods and services tax (GST) revenue collection reported by the government for the first six months of the current fiscal may put its carefully calculated fiscal math at risk. The total gross GST revenue collected in September was Rs 94,442 crore and the total during the April to September period was Rs 577,970 crore. When compared with the target of Rs one lakh crore in GST revenue…