Explained: Why Central Govt Needs to Compensate States for Collapse in GST Collections

I went looking for the legal reasons being offered by the central government to not compensate the state governments for the dramatic fall in GST collections. I found a central government paper explaining the logic with a lot of legalese. This piece tries to summarise the legalese in simple English. Along with that, I offer many reasons as to why the central government needs to adequately compensate the states. This is definitely not something you will read in the mainstream media.

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