50% increase in indirect taxpayers post GST: Economic Survey
There has been a 50% increase in the number of indirect taxpayers after the introduction of GST, according to preliminary analysis quoted by the Economic Survey 2017-18. There were 98 lakh unique GST registrants as of December 2017, it added. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat are the states with the most GST registrants, the survey further revealed. 