New Delhi, July 1 -- As India marks nine years since the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), data released from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's office highlights the system's digital transformation, showing that the GST framework now has 1.65 crore registered taxpayers.

The administrative framework successfully managed 192.73 crore total return filings and processed 2,886 crore invoice uploads.

Logistical efficiency also witnessed a significant shift, with the system recording 778.10 crore E-Way bills alongside 47.03 crore total payment transactions. Peak operations reached a single-day high of 43.51 lakh return transactions and 14.96 lakh payment transactions, highlighting a massive portal capacity that handles a ...