GST reward scheme takes off in 6 States, UTs

Gurugram The GST lucky draw ‘Mera Bill Mera Adhikar’ scheme was launched in six States and Union Territories (UTs) on Friday and the Centre and States have set aside a Rs30-crore corpus for this fiscal for the reward scheme.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said the mobile app for the scheme has been downloaded by over 50,000 people so far. Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said the ‘Mera Bill Mera Adhikar’ GST lucky draw is being launched on a pilot basis in six States and the prize money will be contributed equally by the Centre as well as States.

“GST has benefitted citizens, customers and governments. Revenues are increasing every month and Centre and States have come together to ensure that tax rates comes down under GST,” Malhotra said.

As against 15 per cent revenue neutral rate as envisioned before GST launch, the average GST rate today is 12 per cent, he said. The average GST collection every month this fiscal has been Rs1.60 lakh crore.

The government on Friday launched the Mera Bill Mera Adhikar scheme on a pilot basis on September 1 in Assam, Gujarat & Haryana and UTs of Puducherry, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.