Since June 2017, the goods and services tax (GST) has been the nation-wide indirect tax
and since then, those revenues have been skyrocketing.
After April 2022, the month of October saw GST collections reach a record high of 1.5 trillion
making it the second-highest monthly collection ever. A statistic that the central government has been playing up is the fact
that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) monthly receipts have exceeded 1.4 trillion for eight consecutive months.
Why have earnings from the GST increased at such a rapid pace, even surpassing those of direct taxes?