February 3, 2021
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GST shortfall: Centre releases 6K Cr to states

Till now, 76 per cent of the total estimated GST compensation shortfall has been released to the states and UTs with the Legislative Assembly….reports Asian Lite News

Finance Ministry has released the 14th weekly instalment of Rs 6,000 crore to the states on Wednesday to meet the GST compensation shortfall.

Out of this, an amount of Rs 5,516.60 crore has been released to 23 states and an amount of Rs 483.40 crore has been released to the three 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.

Till now, 76 per cent of the total estimated GST compensation shortfall has been released to the states and UTs with the Legislative Assembly. Out of this, an amount of Rs 76,616.16 crore has been released to the states and an amount of Rs 7,383.84 crore has been released to the three UTs with the Legislative Assembly.

The government 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 implementation of GST. The borrowings are being done through this window by the Government of India on behalf of the states and UTs. A total of 14 rounds of borrowings have been completed so far starting from October 23, 2020.

The amount released this week was the 14th instalment of such funds provided to the states. The amount has been borrowed this week at an interest rate of 4.6144 per cent.

So far, an amount of Rs 84,000 crore has been borrowed by the Central Government through the special borrowing window at an average interest rate of 4.7395%.

In addition to providing funds through the special borrowing window to meet the shortfall in revenue on account of GST implementation, the Centre 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 Rs 1,06,830 crore (0.50 per cent of GSDP) has been granted to 28 states under this provision.

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