Centre releases 17 thousand crore rupees balance GST compensation to states and union territories

November 25, 2022 7:22 PM

Centre releases 17 thousand crore rupees balance GST compensation to states and union territories

The Centre has released today an amount of 17 thousand crore rupees towards the balance GST compensation to states and union territories for the period April to June this year. The list of states that received higher competition are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra got the highest compensation at over two thousand crore rupees while Delhi and Uttar Pradesh received over one thousand two hundred crore rupees. Karnataka also got over one thousand nine hundre...

Centre releases GST Compensation of Rs 17,000 crore to States, UTs

November 3, 2021 8:43 PM

Centre releases GST Compensation of Rs 17,000 crore to States, UTs

Centre has released 17,000 crore rupees as GST Compensation to States and Union Territories. Finance Ministry said, the total amount of compensation released to the States and UTs so far during the current financial year is 60,000 crore rupees. As per the decision of GST Council, back to back loan of one lakh 59,000 crore rupees has already been released in lieu of shortfall in release of GST Compensation during the current financial year.

Wheat procurement in Rabi Marketing Season continuing smoothly in procuring States, UTs

May 27, 2021 10:30 PM

Wheat procurement in Rabi Marketing Season continuing smoothly in procuring States, UTs

The government has said that the procurement of Wheat in ongoing Rabi Marketing Season, 2021-22 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States and UTs. These States are Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan,Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a statement said that a quantity of over 398.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Wheat has been procured so far. The quantity  is all time high, as it has exceeded previous high of  3...

Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 continuing smoothly in procuring States, UTs

March 5, 2021 5:20 PM

Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 continuing smoothly in procuring States, UTs

Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States and Union Territories with purchase of over 670.44 Lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy. This is an increase of 14.52 percent against the last year corresponding purchase of 585.41 LMT. Out of the total purchase of 670.44 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.82 LMT which is 30.25 percent of total procurement. About 97.90 lakh farmers have already benefited from the ongoing procurement operations with MSP value of 1 lakh ...

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju holds 2-day video conference with Sports & Youth Affairs Ministers of all states, UTs

July 13, 2020 4:58 PM

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju holds 2-day video conference with Sports & Youth Affairs Ministers of all states, UTs

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will hold a two day video conference with Sports and Youth Affairs Ministers of all states and union territories.   The two-day video conference tomorrow and day after will chart out the roadmap for grassroot-level sports development as well as the activities of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and National Service Scheme, across the country.    Speaking about the decision to hold this meeting, Mr Rijiju said, the country is in the second phase of unlock now and it is imp...