Kerala and West Bengal have accepted the Centre’s option of a special window for compensation to states for their goods and services tax (GST) shortfall. This has brought the total number of states that have accepted this option to 25. Now there are only three – Punjab, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh – that are yet to accept. Three Union Territories – Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry – have also decided in favour of the special window facilitated by the Centre.
The window, which totalled Rs 1.1 trillion, has been operationalised by the Centre since October 23. The Union government has