Fuel-price volatility mitigation will combine fiscal measures, consumer protection, energy security and fiscal sustainability during external energy shocks.
Fuel-price volatility is to be mitigated through fiscal and administrative measures that protect consumers while maintaining fiscal sustainability. The approach includes monitoring revenue and expenditure, reprioritising spending, and using fiscal measures when economic conditions require. Reduced central excise duty on petrol and diesel moderated the impact of elevated international crude prices and partly offset under-recoveries of public-sector oil marketing companies. Longer-term measures include revenue mobilisation, import diversification, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, cleaner fuels and energy efficiency.

GST compliance enforcement combines taxpayer refunds, analytics-based fraud detection, cancellation of fake registrations, and recovery of outstanding VAT arrears.
Punjab attributed increased GST collections to voluntary compliance, intelligence-based enforcement and technology-driven tax administration, while facilitating compliant taxpayers through timely GST refunds. Data analytics, risk profiling and field verification were used to identify tax evasion, bogus billing, fake input tax credit networks and misuse of the GST registration framework. Measures included penalties, cancellation of fraudulent registrations and recovery of long-pending VAT arrears through attachment and auction of defaulters' properties.

GST compliance enforcement through AI analytics supported sustained net GST collection growth despite rate rationalisation reforms and reduced compliance costs.
GST revenue mobilisation in Andhra Pradesh showed year-on-year growth in net GST and total commercial tax collections through July 2026, despite rate-rationalisation reforms. Revenue growth was attributed to AI-based scrutiny and analytics, machine-learning risk scoring, AI-driven IGST reversals, UPI-based enforcement analytics, data sharing, predictive analytics, registration verification, and Aadhaar-integrated expansion of the professional-tax base. These measures were stated to strengthen compliance, curb wrongful input tax credit claims, broaden taxpayer coverage, and improve revenue mobilisation.

Goods and Services Tax collections rise on domestic consumption and imports, while elevated import revenue prompts assessment of underlying drivers.
Goods and Services Tax collections for July increased over the corresponding prior-year period, supported by domestic sales and imports. Gross receipts included Central GST, State GST and Integrated GST, with net GST revenue calculated after adjusting refunds. For the April-July period, gross and net collections also increased. Commentary linked domestic GST growth to consumption, formalisation and industrial activity, while identifying elevated import GST collections as an area requiring assessment of import composition, currency effects and volumes.

GST revenue collections show provisional gross, refund and net revenue trends, with State-wise settlement and domestic collection data.
GST revenue collections for July 2026 are reported provisionally through gross domestic and import revenue, domestic and export-related refunds, and net GST revenue after refunds. The data also sets out SGST collections and the SGST share of IGST settled to States and Union Territories, both monthly and cumulatively. State-wise domestic GST growth excludes GST on imported goods, while jurisdiction-wise data allocates collections between central and State formations and identifies CGST, SGST and IGST components.

GST collection growth in West Bengal continued year-on-year in July but remained below the national growth trend.
West Bengal's July GST collection increased year-on-year and over the preceding month, marking a second consecutive month of annual growth. Official data also indicated that the State's annual growth rate was below the national trend, while gross domestic GST revenue excluding imports and overall gross GST collections including import-related taxes rose nationally during July.

GST collection growth reflects higher revenue mobilisation from domestic transactions and imports, with refunds adjusted in net revenue.
Goods and Services Tax collections increased in July, driven by higher revenue from domestic transactions and imports. The gross collection comprised Central GST, State GST and Integrated GST components. Refunds also increased during the month, and net GST revenue was determined after adjustment of refund outflows from gross tax receipts.