Dikhyaa Mohanty 
October was the second-highest gross GST income collection ever after April of this year, at Rs 1,51,718 crore. For eight months running, the monthly GST receipts have exceeded Rs 1.4 lakh crore. For the second time since the implementation of the GST, the threshold of Rs 1.5 lakh crore has been reached.
8.3 crore e-way bills were created in September, which is a huge increase over the 7.7 crore e-way bills generated in August. CGST was Rs 26,039 crore, SGST Rs 33,396 crore, IGST Rs 81,778 crore (including Rs 37,297 crore collected on import of goods), and cess was Rs 10,505 crore (including Rs 825 crore collected on import of goods), which is the second-highest cess collection to date, out of the total GST collection of Rs 1,51,718 crore for October.
