13th Instalment of Rs.6,000 Crore Released to the States to Meet the GST Compensation Shortfall
Ministry of Finance
13th Instalment of Rs.6,000 crore released to the States to meet the GST compensation shortfall
A total amount of Rs.78,000 crore released so far to all States and UTs with legislature
This is in addition to additional borrowing permission of Rs. 1,06,830 crore granted to the States
25 JAN 2021
The Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure has released the 13th weekly instalment of Rs. 6,000 crore to the States today 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 3 Union Territories (UT) with Legislative Assembly (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Puducherry) who are members of the GST Council. The remaining 5 States, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim do not have a gap in revenue on account of GST implementation.
Till now, 70 percent of the total estimated GST compensation shortfall has been released to the States & UTs with Legislative Assembly. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 71,099.56 crore has been released to the States and an amount of Rs. 6,900.44 crore has been released to the 3 UTs with Legislative Assembly.
The Government of India 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. 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%. So far, an amount of Rs. 78,000 crore has been borrowed by the Central Government through the special borrowing window at an average interest rate of 4.7491%.
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 % 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 % of GSDP) has been granted to 28 States under this provision.
The amount of additional borrowing permission granted to 28 States and the amount of funds raised through special window and released to the States and Union Territories so far is annexed.
State wise additional borrowing of 0.50 percent of GSDP allowed and amount of funds raised through special window passed on to the States/UTs till 18.01.2021.
(Rs. in Crore)
| S. No. | Name of State / UT | Additional borrowing of 0.50 percent allowed to States | Amount of fund raised through special window passed on to the States/ UTs |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 5051 | 1810.71 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh* | 143 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Assam | 1869 | 779.08 |
| 4 | Bihar | 3231 | 3059.34 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 1792 | 1354.08 |
| 6 | Goa | 446 | 658.04 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 8704 | 7225.36 |
| 8 | Haryana | 4293 | 3409.84 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 877 | 1345.31 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 1765 | 735.60 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 9018 | 9721.07 |
| 12 | Kerala | 4,522 | 2839.56 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 4746 | 3558.75 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 15394 | 9384.47 |
| 15 | Manipur* | 151 | 0.00 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | 194 | 87.69 |
| 17 | Mizoram* | 132 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Nagaland* | 157 | 0.00 |
| 19 | Odisha | 2858 | 2994.61 |
| 20 | Punjab | 3033 | 4116.44 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 5462 | 2912.32 |
| 22 | Sikkim* | 156 | 0.00 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 9627 | 4890.14 |
| 24 | Telangana | 5017 | 1336.44 |
| 25 | Tripura | 297 | 177.30 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 9703 | 4706.53 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 1405 | 1814.82 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 6787 | 2182.06 |
| Total (A): | 106830 | 71099.56 | |
| 1 | Delhi | Not applicable | 4595.25 |
| 2 | Jammu & Kashmir | Not applicable | 1780.05 |
| 3 | Puducherry | Not applicable | 525.14 |
| Total (B): | Not applicable | 6900.44 | |
| Grand Total (A+B) | 106830 | 78000.00 |
* These States have ‘NIL’ GST compensation gap
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Source : PIB
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✅13th Instalment of Rs.6,000 crore released to the States to meet the GST compensation shortfall
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) January 25, 2021
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✅A total amount of Rs.78,000 crore released so far to all States and UTs with legislature
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) January 25, 2021
✅This is in addition to additional borrowing permission of Rs. 1,06,830 crore granted to the States
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