Government Releases ₹ 6,000 Crore To States As GST Compensation

 








The Union Finance Ministry on Friday said it has released the 13th weekly instalment of ₹ 6,000 crore to 23 states and three Union Territories (UTs) to meet the GST compensation shortfall


The Union Finance Ministry on Friday said it has released the 13th weekly instalment of ₹ 6,000 crore to 23 states and three Union Territories (UTs) to meet the GST compensation shortfall.

Out of this, an amount of ₹ 5,516.60 crore has been released to 23 states, and an amount of ₹ 483.40 crore has been released to the 3 Union Territories (UT) with Legislative Assembly (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Puducherry) who are members of the GST Council.

The remaining five states Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim do not have a gap in revenue on account of GST implementation, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

Till now, 70 per cent of the total estimated Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation shortfall has been released to the states and UTs with Legislative Assembly. Out of this, an amount of ₹ 71,099.56 crore has been released to the states and an amount of ₹ 6,900.44 crore has been released to the 3 UTs with Legislative Assembly, the ministry said.

The government had set up a special borrowing window in October 2020 to meet the estimated shortfall of ₹ 1.10 lakh crore in revenue arising on account of implementation of GST. The borrowings are being done through this window by the Government of India on behalf of the States and UTs. 13 rounds of borrowings have been completed so far starting from 23rd October, 2020.

The amount released this week was the 13th instalment of such funds provided to the states. The amount has been borrowed this week at an interest rate of 5.3083 per cent. So far, an amount of ₹ 78,000 crore has been borrowed by the Central Government through the special borrowing window at an average interest rate of 4.7491 per cent," the Finance Ministry said.



In addition to providing funds through the special borrowing window to meet the shortfall in revenue on account of GST implementation, the Government of India has also granted additional borrowing permission equivalent to 0.50 per cent of Gross States Domestic Product (GSDP) to the states choosing Option-I to meet GST compensation shortfall to help them in mobilising additional financial

resources.

All the states have given their preference for Option-I. Permission for borrowing the entire additional amount of ₹ 1,06,830 crore (0.50 per cent of GSDP) has been granted to 28 states under this provision.

Source:https://www.ndtv.com/business/centre-releases-rs-6-000-crore-to-states-as-gst-compensation-2842635


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