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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicGST collections

Topic: GST collections

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

Sampurna Panigrahi -
While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

Different time zones, same Opposition story & free grain-high taxes tradeoff

ThePrint Team -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Govt detecting increasing amounts of GST evasion each year, but recoveries are falling short

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Overall, GST being evaded has been rising sharply, but recovery has failed to keep pace. Maharashtra is epicentre of GST evasion, with outsized share in both absolute & relative terms.

Six years of GST — robust revenues but reforms key to easing compliance & boosting states’ incomes

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
GST was first introduced in India on 1 July, 2017. But tax experts now call for key reforms, such as setting up tribunals for appeals and including petroleum products in the regime.

GST collection rises 12% to Rs 1.57 lakh crore in May

Nikunj Ohri -
The government collected 1.41 trillion rupees as GST in May 2022 and a record 1.87 trillion rupees in April.

GST collections rising but not enough to satisfy states

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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