The Union Government has recently released tax devolution to the state governments in which Karnataka got Rs 6,498 crore, which the Karnataka Congress leaders have argued is low compared to other states.
The decision was taken in view of the upcoming festive season and to enable States to accelerate capital spending, and also finance their development/welfare-related expenditure, as per the statement.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a letter to the Chief Ministers of eight states regarding the unfair devolution of taxes by the Union government.
"People of Delhi gave Rs 2.25 lakh crore as taxes to the central government last year. Just see, how much money was given to the Delhi government by the central government from that money. It was zero. Nothing was given to the Delhi government," Atishi said while speaking to ANI on Friday.
With a coalition government at the Centre, the demand for special status by states like Bihar and Andhra Pradesh is again in focus. Modi 3.0 will be under pressure from their two important coalition partners JDU from Bihar and TDP from Andhra Pradesh to grant special status to their states.
The biggest chunk of the fund went to Uttar Pradesh at Rs 25,069.88 crore, followed by Bihar at Rs 14,056.12 crore, Madhya Pradesh got Rs 10,970.44 crore, and West Bengal was devolved Rs 10,513.46 crore.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for releasing an amount of Rs. 1562.44 crores to Uttarakhand in the tax-transfer process.
The additional installment of funds is part of a broader fiscal strategy outlined in the Interim Budget for 2024-25, which has allocated Rs 12,19,783 crore towards the devolution of taxes to states.
A total amounting to Rs 10.3 lakh crore has been transferred to state governments as devolution of share of taxes by central government, which is Rs 2.25 lakh crore higher than it had done the previous year, the Ministry of Finance said in a release on Thursday.
According to a press release, this move is aimed at providing much-needed support to state administrations in financing various social welfare programs and infrastructure development schemes.
Speaking to the media, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed gratitude, stating, "Chhattisgarh is fortunate to have a double-engine government, and we have received a significant amount of 4842 crore in tax devolution."