54,439 appreciation certificates given to taxpayers on eve of completion of 4 years of GST for their substantial contribution in payment of GST and filing timely returns
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 today.

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 |
