Goods and services tax collection crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore (trillion) in February — the fifth consecutive month at these levels. Collections in February grew 18 per cent to over Rs 1.33 lakh crore. Analysts said consistent collection indicates that they are on a stable trajectory despite the pandemic.

This is the first time that cess collection has crossed the Rs 10,000 crore-mark, signifying a recovery in certain key sectors, especially automobile sales, the ministry said.

The GST revenues had hit a record high of nearly Rs 1.41 lakh crore in January. The government collected Rs 24,435 crore in central GST and Rs 30,779 crore in state GST.

The collections on integrated GST were Rs 67,471 crore, including Rs 33,837 crore on import of goods. Cess collections were Rs 10,340 crore with Rs 638 crore collected on imports.