The government has rung up just about Rs 95,000 crore as GST in April and May together, and that is less than half compared with the collection in the corresponding months last year.
Faced with dismal collection and extended deadline for filing returns, the government has refrained from releasing the monthly GST revenue collection figures for the months of April and May
Subramanian also said that the Centre had gone beyond its means to support states, was keeping its options open regarding deficit monetisation, and that the new privatisation policy would be out soon
States have been up in arms against the Centre over the non-payment of compensation dues according to the calender
This is equivalent to 2.1 per cent of the country's estimated GDP
Raising GST rates or rationalisation of tax slabs may be discussed by the GST Council in the next meeting to be scheduled early next month.
Assocham President Niranjan Hiranandani said his talks with government officials showed dues to industry and states were pending in the form of refunds of I-T, VAT, and GST, and compensation
The motto of the government earlier was "jaan hai to jahaan hai", but now it is "jaan bhi jahaan bhi", the PM said
States, so far, have been paid pending dues till November and the remaining will be cleared in phases soon
second fiscal stimulus likely to be announced soon
This is for the first time that the Centre has given compensation to states for one month only
In a statement, the finance ministry said Rs 19,950 crore was released to states and union territories on last Monday
The Centre has estimated a compensation cess shortage of Rs 63,200 crore in 2019-20 (FY20)
At the time of the introduction of GST, it was agreed that the Centre would compensate states for shortfall in GST collections as per a defined formula
Centre for rate hike to make up for Rs 30K-cr revenue gap
Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law, states are guaranteed compensation for revenue loss for 5 years if their revenue does not increase 14 per cent on the base year of 2015-16
The agency assesses the compensation for the losses related to the goods and services tax (GST), required by all the states for the period from October 2019 to January 2020, at Rs 60,000-70,000 crore
IGST collection on imports shows a disturbing trend with a fall for four consecutive months
Centre will recover the excess amount paid last year by adjusting the same in this year's payment
Subdued economic growth and reductions in GST rates have resulted in a muted 3.7 per cent rise in the headline GST collections in April-November 2019