Recovery gets festive boost
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: In line with the trend in the country’s economic recovery, the gross goods and services tax, or GST, revenue collected for the month of October 2021 has crossed over Rs 1.3 lakh crore while manufacturing activities in almost all sectors have showed a significant improvement in the same month. According to a finance ministry statement, the GST collections in October 2021 came in at Rs 1,30,127 crore. The seasonally adjusted IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index also rose to 55.9 in October from 53.7 in September, pointing to the strongest improvement in overall operating conditions since February. "Robust gains in new work aided production growth in October as output and new orders expanded at fastest rates in seven months,” IHS Markit said.