Basavaraj S Bommai on Thursday demanded the Centre to extend the GST compensation period to states beyond 2022, for three more years
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said the Centre has agreed to give last year's pending GST compensation of Rs 11,400 crore at the earliest in instalments.
Over Rs 81,000 crore GST compensation is due to states for 2020-21, while for April-May this year, Rs 55,345 crore is outstanding, Parliament was informed on Monday.
Move to help state govts spur capex amid pandemic
The government on Thursday said it has released Rs 75,000 crore to the states and Union Territories to compensate them for the shortfall in GST revenue.
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday said he had written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in this regard but received no response so far.
Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan accompanied Thackeray.
They have also sought an additional compensation of Rs 65,000 crore for FY21
GST Council should have addressed pressing issues
The compensation amount promised by the Centre is estimated to be higher than the Rs 1.58 trillion projected by the Centre, say three opposition-ruled states
States' demand for the extension of the compensation period beyond June 2022 will be taken up in a separate meeting
Chief Economist Aditi Nayar said that after a sharp fiscal deterioration in FY21, the Budget estimates for FY22 of 24 state governments had indicated a decline in their aggregate revenue deficit
The GST compensation of states is expected to widen to Rs 2.5-3 trillion in FY22 as against the cess collection of Rs 1 trillion estimated in the Budget
Tax sops on Covid supplies to also be on agenda at Council meet
Also want to discuss extension of the compensation period beyond July 2022
Government will rationalise customs duties after consultations, says finance minister
This will force them to borrow more from the markets, says a report
Starting from October 23, 2020, the borrowings were completed in 20 weekly instalments
Under the special window, the Centre has been borrowing in Government Stock with a tenure of three years and five years on behalf of states
The Centre has released Rs 1.06 lakh crore to the states since October 2020 to meet GST compensation shortfall, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry has released the 19th weekly instalment of Rs 2,104 crore to 23 states and 3 Union Territories with Legislative Assembly (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Puducherry), taking the total amount released so far under the special borrowing window set up in October last year to Rs 1.06 lakh crore. The remaining five states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim do not have a gap in revenue on account of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation. So far, an amount of Rs 1,06,104 crore has been borrowed by the Central Government through the special borrowing window at an weighted average interest rate of 4.8842 per cent, the ministry said in a statement. The Centre had set up a special borrowing window in October 2020 to meet the estimated shortfall of Rs 1.10 lakh crore in revenue arising on account of ...