Tax Management India. Com
Law and Practice  :  Digital eBook
Research is most exciting & rewarding
  TMI - Tax Management India. Com
Follow us:
  Facebook   Twitter   Linkedin   Telegram

TMI Blog

Home

Financial aid to states to meet GST compensation

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... Financial aid to states to meet GST compensation - Goods and Services Tax - GST Dated:- 9-3-2021 - News - In order to meet the shortfall in Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to be paid to States, the Government of India had set up a special borrowing window in October, 2020 to raise the estimated shortfall of ₹ 1.1 lakh crore. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union M .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... inister of State for Finance Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Giving more details, the Minister stated that an amount of ₹ 84,000 crore has been borrowed through this window by the Government of India upto 03.02.2021 on behalf of the States and Union Territories (UTs) with legislative assembly and has been passed on to the States/UTs as loan on b .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... ack to back basis to help the States/UTs to meet the resource gap due to non-release of compensation due to inadequate balance in GST compensation fund. The Minister stated that 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 .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... to 0.50 % 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 an amount of ₹ 1,06,830 crore (0.50 % of GSDP) has been granted to 28 States under this provision. State-wise details of back to back .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

..... loan released to State Governments during the year 2020-21 to meet GST compensation shortfall and the amount of additional borrowing permission granted to States till 03.02.2021 is at Annexure . - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

→ Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

 

 

 

 

Quick Updates:Latest Updates