Bommai urges Centre to release GST dues of Karnataka
The Hindu
Pending dues amount to ₹11,000 crore
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on July 31 and urged her to release pending GST dues to Karnataka at the earliest. The Centre had released the state’s share in GST ₹12,000 crore in the last financial year. He requested the Finance Minister to release last year’s dues of ₹11,000 crore. Karnataka’s total share in GST last year (2020-21) was ₹23,000 crore.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.