India, April 2 -- India's gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose to a 10-month high of INR 2 lakh crore in March, up 8.8 per cent from a year-ago, the third highest monthly collection in the 2025-26 fiscal, buoyed by mop-ups from imports as well as domestic sales and purchases, according to official data.

Gross domestic revenues rose 5.9 per cent to over INR 1.46 lakh crore, while those from imports grew 17.8 per cent to INR 53,861 crore during the month.

The gross GST mop-up was INR 1.83 lakh crore in March 2025. March 2026 saw the third-highest collection in the 2025-26 fiscal (April-March), with April 2025 recording the highest-ever GST revenues at over INR 2.36 lakh crore, followed by May's collection at over INR 2.01 l...