Poorer states score big in GST mop-up

NEW DELHI: Consuming states such as Bihar, Odisha, UP and Madhya Pradesh — many of whom may be poorer but have large populations — are faring better in goods and services tax (GST) collections than their industrialised peers such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and  Tamil Nadu . Data accessed by TOI showed that West Bengal is among a handful of non-industrialised consuming states, which ha…