Amit Mitra writes to FM, calls for 'urgent' GST meet to plug loopholes

In light of the dismal goods and services tax (GST) collection, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra (pictured) has written to his Union counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her to convene a GST Council meeting “urgently” to exclusively discuss revenue augmentation and tax fraud detection.

GST revenue fell below the Rs 1-trillion mark for the third straight month in October, and was 5.3 per cent lower than the corresponding month last year, at Rs 95,380 crore. In September, the GST mop-up had dropped to a 19-month low of Rs 91,916 crore.

“May I suggest that a meeting be convened urgently to discuss revenue