Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is true that the Government is awarding/ giving incentives to those companies paying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regularly and properly to the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the manner and method to be adopted to give incentives to those companies paying GST properly; and
(d) the total number of such companies which were paid incentives since the implementation of GST, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
(a) to (d) Yes, 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. 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