View: Resilient India can brave global headwinds

The world economy is slowing and may experience a major recession later this year. In earlier recessions, India was hit hard, but the Economic Survey is confident that India has become a resilient economy, far more so than others, that will perform well in the face of global headwinds.

At Rs 1.55 lakh crore, GST mop-up in January is second highest ever

Giving a break-up of the collections, the ministry said that CGST accounted for Rs 28,963 crore, while the SGST stood at 36,730 crore. The IGST accounted for 79,599 crore (including Rs 37,118 crore collected on import of goods) and cess was Rs 10,630 crore (including Rs 768 crore collected on import of goods).