GST compensation due for all states, not just for some: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Replying to the members on the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2019 for making supplementary expenditure, Sitharaman said that a total of Rs 55,467 crore had been collected as cess while Rs 65,250 crore was released to the states.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman admitted the delay but said that the Centre had released more than what it collected as cess in the current financial year 2019-20 till October-end, Photo: Reuters