NEW DELHI, Oct. 1 -- India's gross goods and services tax (GST) collections rose 14.7% in September to Rs.2.04 trillion from Rs.1.77 trillion a year earlier, with the headline growth driven largely by a sharper rise in tax collected on imports, which increased nearly 26%, according to provisional data released by the finance ministry on Thursday.

September was the third month this fiscal year in which GST collections crossed the Rs.2 trillion mark, but were below the Rs.2.11 trillion collected in July, when the monthly mop-up crossed Rs.2 trillion for the second time. July's collection was the second-highest since GST was introduced in July 2017, after the record Rs.2.43 trillion collected in April 2026.

The September numbers come ahead...