The Centre will stick to its borrowing programme for FY22 and will not tap the market for more funds to meet the GST compensation shortfall for states.
Total amount of Rs 1.15 trn released in current year to meet GST compensation shortfall
Govt will be borrowing Rs 5.03 trillion from the market in the second half, unchanged from what it had planned, but including the GST compensation paid to states. More in top headlines of the day
To borrow Rs 5.03 trillion in Oct-March 2022
Correction to revenue-neutral rate must not be delayed
Opposition-ruled states saymatter was deferred for further discussions during Friday's meeting
Finance ministers of Opposition-ruled states have demanded that the GST compensation cess regime be extended beyond June 2022.
Kerala Finance Minister pitched for extending the GST compensation beyond June next year as he highlighted that the state is already grappling with significant revenue shortfall.
The GST Council has agreed to levy compensation cess for an extended period upto March 2026 to enable the Centre to repay the loans, to compensate states for GST collection shortfall
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