India GST collections: Maharashtra leads FY26 table

What the latest state-wise GST tables show

State-wise GST collection tables are being widely discussed on Reddit and social media after fresh compilations from GST Council data. The conversation is focused on two time cuts: a full-year FY 2025-26 leaderboard and a month-on-month comparison for July 2026 versus July 2025. For July, the table shared is for gross domestic GST collections and explicitly includes CGST, SGST, and domestic IGST. The same July table also states it excludes GST on imports and is shown before refunds. Separately, several posts highlight a detailed March 2026 state-wise breakdown of SGST with both pre-settlement and post-settlement figures. These different views are being used by users to compare the strength of state-level economic activity and compliance. A key theme in the posts is that large industrial and consumption-heavy states continue to dominate collections. Another theme is that growth rates differ meaningfully even among the top contributors.

FY26 leaderboard: big states dominate collections

The FY26 ranking circulated from GST Council data places Maharashtra at rank one with ₹3,61,777.65 crore. Karnataka is shown at rank two with ₹1,58,217.30 crore, followed by Gujarat at ₹1,35,415.19 crore. Tamil Nadu appears next at ₹1,30,248.08 crore, with Haryana close behind at ₹1,21,079.98 crore. Uttar Pradesh is listed at ₹99,916.69 crore, followed by Delhi at ₹80,425.00 crore. West Bengal and Telangana round out the top nine with ₹65,229.56 crore and ₹60,839.67 crore, respectively. Social posts also share a separate FY26 state-wise total table where Maharashtra is shown at ₹3,59,855 crore, indicating a small difference across circulating datasets while keeping the same leadership order. The takeaway users are drawing is concentration, with the top few states accounting for a large share of the overall GST pool.

July 2026 snapshot: growth leaders and laggards

For July 2026, Maharashtra again tops the shared domestic GST table at ₹32,210 crore. Karnataka is second at ₹13,854 crore, and Gujarat is third at ₹12,923 crore. Haryana is shown at ₹11,892 crore, while Tamil Nadu is close at ₹10,414 crore. Uttar Pradesh posts ₹9,651 crore, and Delhi shows ₹6,460 crore. Telangana is listed at ₹5,819 crore among the states highlighted in the social posts. In year-on-year terms, the table shows Haryana with a 25% rise, which is the largest growth rate among the major states cited in that snapshot. At the other end, Tamil Nadu is the notable outlier in the shared list with a -1% year-on-year change for July.

Where growth was strongest among major states

The strongest July growth callout among large states in the table is Haryana, up 25% from ₹9,502 crore to ₹11,892 crore. Gujarat is next among the highlighted large states with a 19% rise from ₹10,840 crore to ₹12,923 crore. Telangana is also shown up 19%, moving from ₹4,871 crore to ₹5,819 crore. Uttar Pradesh rises 15% from ₹8,360 crore to ₹9,651 crore, reinforcing its position as one of the bigger absolute contributors in the month. Maharashtra grows 13% to ₹32,210 crore, which is large in rupee terms even if the percentage is lower than some peers. Karnataka increases 12% to ₹13,854 crore, staying second on the monthly chart shared. Delhi’s July number is up 8% to ₹6,460 crore, which is described in posts as a healthy increase. Users are interpreting this mix as broad-based improvement with a few state-specific divergences.

Pockets of weakness: Tamil Nadu and other declines

Tamil Nadu’s July 2026 gross domestic GST collection is shown at ₹10,414 crore versus ₹10,536 crore in July 2025, a -1% year-on-year change. Some posts place this alongside other declines seen in the same July table for smaller regions, such as Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Himachal Pradesh is shown down 22% year-on-year in July, from ₹941 crore to ₹736 crore. Uttarakhand is shown down 18% year-on-year, from ₹1,762 crore to ₹1,448 crore. Madhya Pradesh is shown down 10% year-on-year, from ₹3,639 crore to ₹3,291 crore. Puducherry is shown down 17%, moving from ₹244 crore to ₹203 crore. Sikkim is shown down 59%, from ₹401 crore to ₹164 crore, which stands out as the steepest percentage decline among the listed states. The overall discussion is that month-level prints can show weakness even when full-year rankings remain stable for large contributors.

Small bases, big swings: UTs and smaller states

Several social posts highlight how percentage moves can look extreme when the base is small. Lakshadweep is shown at ₹1 crore in July 2025 and ₹2 crore in July 2026, a 259% rise on a very small base. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are shown at ₹51 crore to ₹62 crore, up 20%. At the bottom of the FY26 ranking shared for very small jurisdictions, Lakshadweep is listed at ₹25 crore, followed by Mizoram at ₹450 crore and Ladakh at ₹539 crore. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are shown at ₹572 crore, and Manipur at ₹746 crore in that small-collection list. These figures are being used in posts to argue that rankings by absolute rupees and rankings by growth rate can tell different stories. Users also note that comparisons between states and UTs require caution because the economic base is not comparable. The practical takeaway from the discussion is to treat small-base growth as a signal to watch, not a like-for-like comparison with large states.

Pre-settlement vs post-settlement SGST: what changed in March

A more technical part of the conversation is the March 2026 SGST table that shows both pre-settlement and post-settlement numbers. In Haryana, pre-settlement SGST is shown at ₹2,040 crore in Mar-26 versus ₹2,011 crore in Mar-25, a 1% rise. For the same month in Haryana, post-settlement SGST is shown at ₹3,828 crore versus ₹3,200 crore, a 20% rise. Delhi shows pre-settlement SGST at ₹1,583 crore versus ₹1,541 crore, up 3%, but post-settlement SGST at ₹2,904 crore versus ₹3,148 crore, down 8%. West Bengal shows post-settlement SGST at ₹3,885 crore versus ₹4,378 crore, down 11% in the March table shared. Jharkhand is shown with a sharp post-settlement decline to ₹682 crore from ₹1,216 crore, a -44% change. Jammu and Kashmir is shown with pre-settlement SGST down 20% and post-settlement SGST down 6% in that March comparison. These contrasts are central to the online debate because they show that the settlement view can change the direction of year-on-year movement for some regions.

Investor takeaways: reading GST data alongside market themes

The clearest signal from the FY26 tables shared is that Maharashtra remains the largest GST contributor by a wide margin. The next set of large contributors in the posts is consistent across views: Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Haryana feature near the top. The July 2026 snapshot adds a near-term growth layer, where Haryana and Gujarat show faster year-on-year expansion among major states listed. At the same time, Tamil Nadu’s July print shows a marginal decline, reminding readers that monthly figures can diverge from long-run size. The SGST pre- and post-settlement tables circulating for March show that the settlement view can materially reshape state outcomes, including for large regions like Delhi and for states like Jharkhand. For market participants, these discussions are often used as a high-frequency check on consumption and production-linked activity at the state level, without being a direct proxy for any single listed company. The data being shared is also explicitly described as gross collections before refunds and excluding import GST for the July domestic table, which affects how it should be interpreted. The most useful approach reflected in the online commentary is to track both absolute collections and the direction of growth across multiple months, rather than reacting to one-off percentage moves.