The idea was discussed during the presentation given by chairman of the 15th Finance Commission (15th FC) N K Singh, in the previous GST Council meeting
In the Council meeting, the panel resorted to voting to decide whether a uniform tax on lotteries should be levied or a two-rate system be followed.
The payment was pending since August, drawing protests from states, particularly non-BJP ruled ones
Move comes ahead of GST Council meeting
The GST Council, the highest decision making body of the indirect tax regime, is slated to hold its meeting on December 18
KCR says despite a higher tax devolution as per Union Budget 2019-20, the receipts by the state till November were actually lower than in the same period last year
Sitharaman's statement comes after Kerala last week threatened to take the central government to Supreme Court over delay in the payment of compensation to states
The fund is used to compensate the states for revenue shortfall suffered due to roll out of the new indirect tax
The issue could become a major one at the GST Council meeting on December 17-18 in New Delhi
Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Centre was duty bound to safeguard the interest of states
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said, August and September compensation has not been released to states.
If states' GST revenue does not grow by at least 14%, the Centre pays them the difference, after every two months
States are indeed facing shortage in cash flow to run the administration and finance their schemes, as well as capital spending
Central govt official says will release funds before end of this month
The government collected a record Rs 1007.1 billion from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the month of October
As per the Budget estimates, over Rs 9.26 trillion was to be collected from indirect taxes
States will get full compensation for the first five years of GST roll-out