Last updated: 29 September 2026

FY 2026-27 (April–July): Gross GST ₹10,447.9 crore, up 20% from ₹8,708.48 crore in the same period last year^[1]
-- April 2026: Highest-ever monthly gross GST of ₹2,987.38 crore; Punjab top state in GST growth^[2]
-- 2025-26 crackdown on tax evasion: Record ₹1,137.85 crore recovered out of ₹1,383 crore penalties imposed^[3]

Annual rate of Punjab GST collection is 14.76% across first 3 years
-- 3x more growth in GST Revenue against Congess period ~5%

2025-26: Net GST ₹26,601 crore, 12.52% growth^[4]

BJP/Congress colluded with tax evaders in the past to siphon off the hard-earned money of honest taxpayers^[5]

¶ Comparison with prev govt

¶ Reforms

¶ 1. New tech solutions to check GST tax evasion^[11]

Punjab unearthed Rs 1,549-cr bogus billing scam in May 2025^[5:3]

Tax Intelligence Unit (TIU)^[11:1]

• Newly set up to assist tax authorities in Aug 2023
• Integrated advanced data analytic tools, and implemented adjudication and scrutiny modules
• Digital Tech is driving better enforcement, increasing the tax base, and plugging leakages

Collaborated with IIT Hyderabad^[11:2]

• 15 modules adopted under an agreement with IIT, Hyderabad as of May 2025^[5:4]
• 7 more such modules would be activated soon^[5:5]

¶ 2. Bill Liyao Inaam Pao

• Mera Bill mobile app Huge success in identifying Fake Billing using Public Participation

¶ 3. New GST dealers and compliance^[12]

93% of registered taxpayers consistently filing returns on time

• Addition of 46,338 new taxpayers in 2023-24
• 33,000 new taxpayers up to December 2024 in 2024-25

¶ 4. Chandigarh/Other states shopping IGST to Punjab^[13][14]

Punjab can now expect a jump in its GST collection

• Punjab has its way, will collect IGST if state resident shops in Chandigarh or any other state
• GST Council agreeing to allow Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) collection by way of destination-based consumption tax
• 01 Dec 2023: GST amendment Bill is also passed related to this change^[15]

References:

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1. https://yespunjab.com/punjabs-gst-revenue-rises-20-to-₹10447-crore-in-first-four-months-of-fy-2026-27-harpal-cheema/ (Punjab Govt Press Release, 1 Aug 2026) ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=220505 (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎

3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=219430 (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎

4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/12-52-pc-growth-in-net-gst-9-15-pc-in-excise-revenue-for-fy-2025-26-harpal-singh-cheema/ ↩︎ ↩︎

5. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-billing-scam-ludhiana-leads-fake-invoices-9999591/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

6. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/excise-revenue-jumped-by-16-last-fiscal-cheema-101743517900853.html ↩︎

7. https://prsindia.org/files/budget/budget_state/punjab/2025/Punjab_Budget_Analysis_2025-26.pdf ↩︎

8. https://prsindia.org/files/budget/budget_state/punjab/2024/Punjab_Budget_Analysis_2024-25.pdf ↩︎

9. https://prsindia.org/budgets/states/punjab-budget-analysis-2023-24 ↩︎

10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV96oX8CN_U ↩︎

11. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/state-to-adopt-new-tech-solutions-to-check-tax-evasion-says-punjab-minister-harpal-singh-cheema-101691089478127.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

12. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjabs-gst-base-expanded-cheema-101739896785280.html ↩︎

13. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=167817 ↩︎

14. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-igst-gst-council-finance-minister-cheema-chandigarh-shopping-8835293/ ↩︎

15. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/pb-govt-expects-major-hike-in-gst-revenue/articleshow/105642516.cms ↩︎