While the country’s gross GST Collection was showing negative growth of 3.84% when compared to the previous month, Kerala came up with a surprise by clocking a growth of 21%.the state’s collection was Rs 1,530 crore in July as against Rs 1,264 crore in June. In April, the collection stood at 21.77% of the revenue for the month in 2019, and the figure has risen to 43.95% in May, 73.06 per cent in June and 91.8 per cent in July. In July, Kerala’s SGST revenue was Rs 660 crore and IGST revenue Rs 870 crore. The state’s gross collection in April and May were Rs 370 crore and Rs 692 crore respectively.