The Government has awarded Appreciation Certificates, on the eve of completion of 4 years of GST, to 54,439 (Fifty-four thousand four hundred and thirty-nine) taxpayers who have made substantial contribution in payment of GST and filed their returns in a timely manner. This was stated in a written reply by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary to a question in Lok Sabha July 26, 2021.
The Minister tabled the state-wise distribution of these 54,439 taxpayers is as under:
|
State/UT |
Count of GSTIN |
| Maharashtra |
15131 |
|
Karnataka |
7254 |
| Tamil Nadu |
5589 |
|
Haryana |
3459 |
| West Bengal |
2977 |
|
Telangana |
2863 |
| Rajasthan |
2527 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
2179 |
| Gujarat |
2162 |
|
Punjab |
1709 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
1694 |
|
Kerala |
1385 |
| Delhi |
1163 |
|
Uttarakhand |
895 |
| Assam |
583 |
|
Bihar |
551 |
| Andhra Pradesh |
516 |
|
Goa |
436 |
| Chandigarh |
361 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
192 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
181 |
|
Odisha |
128 |
| Tripura |
104 |
|
Jharkhand |
96 |
| Meghalaya |
88 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
60 |
| Pondicherry |
47 |
|
Sikkim |
44 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |
32 |
|
Mizoram |
24 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
2 |
|
Nagaland |
2 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
2 |
|
Manipur |
1 |
| Lakshadweep Islands |
1 |
|
Ladakh |
1 |
| Total |
54,439 |
The Press Release can be accessed at: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1739102