Chandigarh: Despite accounting for only around 1.3% of the country’s geographical area and 2% of its population, Haryana contributed over 7% of domestic GST collection in Sept, with gross GST mop-up of Rs 10,097 crore, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said.During the 57th GST Council meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, Saini highlighted that the collection was fifth-highest among the states and put forward three proposals make the GST system more taxpayer-friendly, efficient, and fair.Noting that Haryana has 646 cases involving Rs 567.4 crore where appeals were rejected solely due to delay, the CM, in his first proposal, sought a special procedure under Section 148 to hear such cases on merit for 2017-18 to 2019-20, including demands involving tax, interest or penalty.Another proposal recommended a technology-based coordination mechanism between central and state GST authorities to prevent taxpayers from facing repeated summons, inspections or document demands on the same or interconnected issues, without diluting enforcement powers of either authority.The third proposal sought safeguards to ensure GST registration is not cancelled retrospectively for periods where there is evidence that the taxpayer supplied goods or services. Such cancellations, he pointed out, could jeopardise input tax credit claimed by genuine buyers.State revenue outpaces national growthSaini said Haryana’s state GST revenue, including its share in IGST settlement, rose 22% to Rs 48,289 crore in 2025-26 from Rs 39,743 crore, against national growth of 6%. In the first six months of the current fiscal, revenue reached Rs 29,108 crore, up 26% from Rs 23,058 crore a year earlier.‘Lower Rates, Higher Growth’He said the GST rate cuts from Sept 22, 2025 showed that lower rates and higher economic activity could move together. Turnover in sectors benefiting from rate reductions was up 33% year-on-year, including 52% in tractors and parts and 46% in auto parts.Welcoming greater automation in registration, cancellation, and refunds, Saini said technology-driven risk assessment would improve transparency, ease compliance for genuine taxpayers, and allow tax officials to focus more on curbing evasion.
