How Will Centre With Its Empty Coffers Pay Rs 1.5 Lakh Crore GST Dues To States?

by Rahul Gautam Sep 19, 2020 • 08:29 PM Views 1184

According to the Finance Ministry data, the GST collection was Rs 1,13,865 crore in April 2019, which reduced to mere Rs 32,174 crore in April 2020. The income of the government has fallen and hence it is not able to meet its expenses. A huge question arises off how the central government is going to give GST dues worth Rs 1,51,365 crore to the states when it's own coffers are empty? Rahul Gautam has the story