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 |