Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana (Rajasthan)

What was Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana?

Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana was a bill-reward scheme run by the Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Rajasthan, under which consumers uploaded the GST invoices from their purchases and became eligible for cash prizes drawn by lottery. Rajasthan announced it in 2023 and described it as the largest bill-award scheme run by any Indian state, on the strength of the Rs 1 crore top prize.

Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana covered bills and invoices issued between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024. That window has closed and no successor round has been notified. This guide is therefore a record of how the scheme worked, written for readers who still search for it, along with what remains useful. The underlying right to demand a tax invoice, which has not gone away.

The economic idea behind the scheme is worth stating plainly, because it explains every design choice in it. GST revenue leaks where a seller makes a sale without issuing a bill. The buyer usually does not care, and may even be offered a small discount for accepting no bill. A prize draw flips that calculation: the bill becomes a lottery ticket, the buyer starts asking for it, and the sale enters the tax system. Rajasthan spent prize money to buy that change in behaviour.

Main features of the scheme

• Eligible bills: tax invoices from GST-registered dealers in Rajasthan.
• Coverage period: 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024.
• Route: upload on the state government portal or mobile app.
• Monthly draws with prizes from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10 lakh.
• Annual bumper draw with a top prize of Rs 1 crore.
• Prize money paid by bank transfer to the winner's account.

Who was eligible for Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana?

A person could take part if:

• They purchased taxable goods or services from a dealer registered under GST in Rajasthan.
• They held the original tax invoice showing the dealer's GSTIN, the invoice number, the date and the amount.
• They uploaded the bill within 10 days of the end of the month of issue.
• They uploaded bills dated within the scheme window of 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024.

For the annual bumper draw an additional condition applied: at least 10 bills uploaded during the scheme period, with a combined value above Rs 10,000.

A person was not eligible / cannot claim now if:

• The bill was issued by an unregistered dealer, or is a kachcha bill, estimate slip or handwritten chit with no GSTIN.
• The purchase was of exempt or non-taxable goods, since the scheme covered taxable supplies.
• The purchase was made outside Rajasthan.
• The bill is dated outside 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024.
• The upload window of 10 days after month end had already passed.
• Today, in 2026, the scheme is closed and no upload facility is open, so no fresh entry is possible whatever the bill.

What documents were required?

How to apply. The steps the scheme used

These were the steps while the scheme was open. They are set out here because readers still ask how it worked, and because a comparable scheme, if notified again, is likely to follow the same shape:

1. Collect a proper GST tax invoice at the time of purchase, from a dealer registered under GST in Rajasthan.
2. Register on the state government portal or mobile app notified by the Commercial Taxes Department, using a mobile number and OTP.
3. Upload the bill: enter the dealer's GSTIN, the invoice number, the date and the amount, and attach a photograph or scan of the invoice.
4. Upload within 10 days of the month end so that the bill entered that month's draw.
5. Keep the acknowledgement or reference number generated on upload; it is the proof of entry.
6. Check the draw result announced by the department, and if selected, complete verification with Aadhaar and bank details for the prize transfer.

What the prize structure looked like

Monthly draw

• First prize: Rs 10 lakh
• Second prize: Rs 5 lakh
• Third prize: Rs 50,000
• District-level prizes, so that every district had winners
• About 1,000 consolation prizes, with the smallest prizes at Rs 1,000
• Total monthly prize money of the order of Rs 45 lakh

Annual bumper draw

• Top prize: Rs 1 crore
• Further prizes of Rs 25 lakh and Rs 15 lakh
• Entry condition: at least 10 bills uploaded during the scheme period, with a combined value above Rs 10,000

Prizes were paid by bank transfer after verification, and larger winnings attract tax deduction at source on lottery and game-show winnings under the Income Tax Act, so the amount credited is lower than the headline figure.

How results and payments were checked

1. Draw results were published by the Commercial Taxes Department, and selected participants were intimated on the mobile number used for registration.
2. The upload acknowledgement number was the reference for any query about whether a bill had entered a draw.
3. Prize payment followed verification of Aadhaar identity and bank details, and was made by transfer, never in cash.

Why entries were rejected

• Invoice without a GSTIN, or a bill from an unregistered dealer.
• Duplicate upload of the same invoice number, whether by the same person or by two people.
• Bill dated outside the scheme window.
• Upload after the 10-day deadline following month end.
• Illegible photograph of the invoice, so the details could not be verified.
• Details keyed in not matching the image of the invoice uploaded.
• Invoice not traceable in the GST return filed by the dealer, which was the check that made the scheme worth running.

Key dates

• 2023 — Mukhyamantri GST Bill Puraskar Yojana-2023 announced by the Government of Rajasthan.
• 1 October 2023: scheme period began; bills from this date were eligible.
• 10th of each following month, upload deadline for the previous month's bills.
• 31 March 2024: scheme period ended. No successor round has been notified.

Grievance and help

• Rajasthan Sampark helpline: 181 for a trackable complaint.
• Rajasthan Sampark portal at sampark.rajasthan.gov.in for written grievances.
• Commercial Taxes Department portal at rajtax.gov.in for GST matters, including the far more useful everyday right this scheme was built around. A registered dealer must issue a tax invoice for a taxable supply, and refusing to do so can be reported to the department whether or not any prize scheme is running.

No fee was charged to upload a bill or to claim a prize. Anyone contacted today by a caller claiming to hold a Rajasthan GST bill prize and asking for a processing fee, an OTP or bank credentials is being targeted by a fraud, because the scheme itself has been closed since 31 March 2024.