lucknow in a strong sign of economic recovery from the covidhit paralysis the revenue collection of the government in august 2020 surpassed the previous years figures in the same month finance minister suresh khanna who shared the august 2020 revenue data with the media attributed it to proactive policies adopted by chief minister yogi adityanath who played on the front footwhile the previous months collection was 97 of the july 2019 collection this month it went up by rs 600 crore from rs 8942 crore in august 2019 to rs 9445 crore in august 2020 said khanna the august collection was 76 of the target of rs 12468 croredriving the recovery was excise revenue which was rs 2310 crore this august against rs 1882 crore in august 2019the excise collection was higher in terms of percentage as well from 89 of the target to 92 this year the collection from mining was also much higher rs 171 crore against 109 crore last year this year the collection was 78 of the target against just 45 last year the gstvat revenue also saw a marginal increase from rs 5126 crore to rs 5329 this yeargiving credit to the chief minister khanna said he not only chalked out a strategy for combating the corona crisis but also led from the front the economic revival campaign up perhans would be the only state which has recovered substantially in the revenue collections there has been no salary cut for the state staff nor any financial constraints in carrying out the major developmental projects and the welfare schemes he addedthe increase is not only in the excise revenue but also in stamp and registration vat and mining its an indication that the overall economic activities in the state have almost reached the normal level of the precorona days claimed the finance ministeracs information awanish awasthi said that the yogi government had pumped in huge money in the market in the recent months by its welfare measures and rural development programme like mnregs which has led to adequate availability of the liquidity in the market and increased buying capacity of the peopleacs finance saniiv mittal said that the rise in the taxes through stamp and registration shows that the real estate sector is also reviving speedilyacs msme navneet sehgal also released a report stating that more than 90 of the msme units have started functioning to their full capacity which was very significant in terms of giving employment to both skilled and semiskilled hands