Centre releases Rs. 1,65,302 Crore as GST Compensation to States/UTs for the FY 2019-20 against Cess collection of Rs. 95,444 cr

The Central Government has recently released the GST Compensation of Rs. 13,806 crore to States for March’2020. Taking this amount into account, entire compensation up to 2019-20 has been released to States. The total amount of compensation released for the year 2019-20 is Rs. 1,65,302 crore whereas the amount of cess collected during the year 2019-20 was Rs. 95,444 crore.

To release the compensation for 2019-20, the balance of cess amount collected during 2017-18 and 2018-19 was also utilized. In addition, the Centre had transferred Rs. 33,412 crore from the Consolidated Fund of India to the Compensation Fund as a part of an exercise to apportion the balance of IGST pertaining to 2017-18.

The table below shows the State-wise GST compensation released for the Financial Year 2019-20: -

S.No	Name of State/UT	GST compensation released to States/Uts for FY 2019-20   (Rs. in Crore)
1	Andhra Pradesh	3028
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0
3	Assam	1284
4	Bihar	5464
5	Chattisgarh	4521
6	Delhi	8424
7	Goa	1093
8	Gujarat	14801
9	Haryana	6617
10	Himachal Pradesh	2477
11	J & K	3281
12	Jharkhand	2219
13	Karnataka	18628
14	Kerala	8111
15	Madhya Pradesh	6538
16	Maharashtra	19233
17	Manipur	0
18	Meghalaya	157
19	Mizoram	0
20	Nagaland	0
21	Odisha	5122
22	Puducherry	1057
23	Punjab	12187
24	Rajasthan	6710
25	Sikkim	0
26	Tamil Nadu	12305
27	Telangana	3054
28	Tripura	293
29	Uttar Pradesh	9123
30	Uttarakhand	3375
31	West Bengal	6200
	Total	165302