New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in August, in gross terms, rose 6.5 per cent to about 1.86 lakh crore compared to about 1.74 lakh crore in the same month last year, according to official data released Monday.

In the month of August, collections of Central-GST, State-GST, and Integrated-GST rose year-on-year, and cess all jumped year-on-year.

So far in 2025-26 - April-August, the GST collections rose 9.9 per cent to about Rs 10 lakh crore, as against Rs 9.13 lakh crore in the same period last fiscal. In this case also, all components - CGST, SGST, IGST, and cess - rose.

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