[Marxistindia] Centre Must Pay GST Dues to the States

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 28, 2020
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
Centre Must Pay GST Dues to the States
The Union Finance Minister's admission at the GST Council's meeting
yesterday that the Central Government is unable to pay the state
governments' their dues for this financial year, 2020-21, is atrocious. The
GST revenue shortfall for the States is estimated at a whopping Rs.2.35 lakh
crores. Telling the states to borrow from the RBI to bridge this gap is
obnoxious. The Central Government is legally bound to fulfil its obligations
of payment of GST dues. If needed, the Central Government must borrow and
pay the states their dues and cannot force the state governments to borrow.
Having plunged the Indian economy towards recession even before the pandemic
arrived, now to blame some "divine intervention" for the Central
Government's inability to fulfil its obligations, is simply unacceptable.
This is totally outrageous and misleading. The Central Government must
fulfil its legally binding obligations to the states.
 
[For CPI(M) Central Committee Office]
 
 
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