Centre releases Rs 17000 crore of GST compensation to States/UTs



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The Central Government has disbursed £17,000 million in Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to various States and Union Territories. This payment covers the period from April to June 2022. With this latest release, the total GST compensation provided during the 2022-23 financial year has reached £115,662 million. The Centre is funding a significant portion of this compensation from its own resources, as the collected cess falls short of the required amount.

The Central Government released an amount of Rs. 17,000 crore to States/UTs on 24.11.2022 towards the balance GST compensation for the period April to June, 2022 (State-wise details as per Table below). The total amount of compensation released to the States/UTs so far, including the aforesaid amount, during the year 2022-23 is Rs.1,15,662 crore.

This is despite the fact that total Cess collection till October, 2022 is only Rs.72,147 crore and the balance of Rs. 43,515 crore is being released by the Centre from its own resources. With this release, the Centre has released, in advance, the entire amount of Cess estimated to be collected this year till March-end available for payment of compensation to States. This decision was taken to assist the States in managing their resources and ensuring that their programmes especially the expenditure on capital is carried out successfully during the financial year.

Even in May this year, the Central Government had released Rs. 86,912 crore as provisional GST compensation to States for the period Feb-May’2022 despite the fact that there was only about Rs. 25,000 crore in the GST Compensation Fund, by making arrangement of funds of around Rs. 62,000 crore from its own resources.

Centre Releases £17,000m GST Compensation to States

Name of the State/UT

(Rs. in crore)

Andhra Pradesh

682

Assam

192

Bihar

91

Chhattisgarh

500

Delhi

1,200

Goa

119

Gujarat

856

Haryana

622

Himachal Pradesh

226

Jammu and Kashmir

208

Jharkhand

338

Karnataka

1,915

Kerala

773

Madhya Pradesh

722

Maharashtra

2,081

Odisha

524

Puducherry

73

Punjab

984

Rajasthan

806

Tamil Nadu

1,188

Telangana

542

Uttar Pradesh

1,202

Uttarakhand

342

West Bengal

814

Total

17,000

FAQ :

The Centre has released £17,000 million in GST compensation to States and UTs.

This release covers the balance GST compensation for the period of April to June 2022.

The total amount of compensation released to States/UTs during the year 2022-23, including this latest payment, is £115,662 million.

No, the Centre is releasing a portion of the compensation from its own resources because the total cess collection till October 2022 was only £72,147 million, which is less than the compensation amount.

The decision was taken to assist the States in managing their resources and ensuring that their programmes, especially capital expenditure, are carried out successfully during the financial year.




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