Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the State Government’s collection of VAT on fuels and GST on cooking gas witnessed a decent growth during the past four financial years. The State has collected VAT of Rs 29,652.46 crore between 2019-20 and 2022-23.
According to a written statement made by Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha, the State had collected Rs 5,797.31crore revenue from petrol, diesel and cooking gas in the Financial Year 2019-20, which was increased to Rs 6,398.51 crore in 2020-21.
Similarly, the tax collection from the sources again increased to Rs 7,945.14 crore in the year 2021-22. It further escalated to Rs 9,511.49 crore during the last FY.
