GST Collections: No Cause For Elation

The Modi government is elated over the steady improvement in the collection of goods and services tax (GST) in recent months. Along with the sharp growth in collections of other Union taxes, GST collections have also crossed the Rs 1 trillion mark for each of the last six months beginning July 2021. Indeed, barring the months of May and June 2020, when the second wave of COVID-19 had adversely imp…