New Delhi, Oct 23 (UNI) The Central Government on Friday borrowed and transferred Rs 6,000 crores as first tranche to 16 States under its special borrowing window to address the shortfall in the GST collection during the year 2020 – 2021.
The Central Government borrowed and transferred Rs 6,000 cr as first tranche to 16 States namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Union Territories of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.
The Government of India has evolved a special borrowing window to address the shortfall in the GST collection during the year 2020 – 2021. 21 States and 2 Union Territories opted for this special window involving back-to-back borrowing coordinated by the Ministry of Finance.
Out of these, five States did not have any shortfall on account of GST compensation. The borrowing is at an interest rate of 5.19 percent. It is intended to make weekly releases of Rs 6,000 crore to the States. Tenor of borrowing is expected to be broadly in the range of 3 to 5 years.
