ahmedabad signalling a clear revival in demand and consumption collection of goods and services tax gst in gujarat stood at a recordhigh level of rs 7769 crore in january 2021 which includes sgst cgst igst and cess collection from the state total gst collection went up by 86 against rs 7330 crore in january 2020 according to data provided by union ministry of financej p gupta state commercial tax commissioner said the economy is reviving and with increased optimism post vaccine rollout the consumption has increased as a consequence of which the overall tax collection has increasedeven monthonmonth gst collection in gujarat went up 66 against rs 7469 crore in december 2020 the number of eway bill transactions has also gone up and state commercial tax department officials also attribute the growth to increased commercial activitythe number of commercial especially businesstobusiness transactions went up significantly the eway bills generated went up from 76 lakh in january 2020 to 82 lakh a 7 increase in january 2021 said guptaindustry players also attribute the growth to increased economic activity chintan thaker cochair assocham gujarat state council said increase in gst collection clearly indicates that the business commercial activity and economy are on a recovery mode this is because of the pentup demand opening up in sectors such as textiles chemicals engineering goods ceramics among other there is increased optimism in the market that apart purchase orders and retail orders also went up significantlyexperts also attribute the increase in gst mopup to the rise in price of raw materials prices of raw materials went up across product categories be it chemicals textiles or even steel and steel products this rise in price was passed on through the entire value chain till the endproduct be it finished goods machinery garments dyes and intermediates therefore the inflation also contributed significantly to the increase in tax collection said thaker