Lok Sabha Question No. 1740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Financial Loss to Kerala
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1740 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY 31 st  July, 2023 [Sravana 9, 1945 (Saka)]

## 'Financial Loss to Kerala'

## No.   1740 .  Adv. A.M. ARIFF

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Kerala has lost more than 8,000 crores of rupees since the last financial year due to the change in norms for distribution of tax income between the Union and States, if so, the details including the State/UT-wise reduction in the tax share in Financial years 202122 and 2022-23;
- (b) whether the change in norms by the Finance Commission has badly affected the South Indian States, including Kerala, whose share of tax reduced to 1.9 per cent from 3.5 per cent during the period of 10 th  Finance Commission;
- (c) if  so,  whether the Government intends to revisit the norms for sharing the tax income between the Union and States in order to distribute the tax among States and UTs in a fair manner; and
- (d) the details of the distribution of tax share during the Financial Years 2019-20 to 2022-23 State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a & b)  No,  Sir.  The  State  of  Kerala  has  received  ₹  440.59  crore  more  as  devolution  of shareable taxes and duties in financial year 2022-23 compared to financial year 202122.
- (c) The inter-se share of States in the Net Proceeds of shareable taxes of the Union is recommended by the Finance Commission in terms of Article 280 of the Constitution.
- (d) Details of shareable taxes and duties as devolved to States during financial years 201920 to 2022-23 is attached as Annex.

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## Details of the distribution of tax share during the Financial Years 2019-20 to 2022-23

(₹ Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |  28242.4  |  24460.6  |  35385.8  |  38176.7  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |   8987.57 |  10472.6  |  14643.9  |  16689.2  |
| 3         | Assam             |  21721.4  |  18629.3  |  28150.5  |  29694.3  |
| 4         | Bihar             |  63406.3  |  59861.4  |  91352.6  |  95509.9  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |  20205.8  |  20337.5  |  28570.9  |  32358.3  |
| 6         | Goa               |   2479.85 |   2296.53 |   3356.98 |   3665.19 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |  20232.1  |  20218.5  |  31105.8  |  33034    |
| 8         | Haryana           |   7111.53 |   6437.59 |   9722.16 |  10378    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |   4677.56 |   4753.92 |   7349.04 |   7883.98 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |   6801.81 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |  20593    |  19712.2  |  27734.6  |  31404.1  |
| 12        | Karnataka         |  30919    |  21694.1  |  33283.6  |  34596.2  |
| 13        | Kerala            |  16401    |  11560.4  |  17820.1  |  18260.7  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |  49517.6  |  46922.2  |  69541.5  |  74542.9  |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |  36219.6  |  36504    |  54318.1  |  60001    |
| 16        | Manipur           |   4047.77 |   4271.97 |   6009.65 |   6795.08 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |   4211.78 |   4551.63 |   6580.63 |   7286.14 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |   3017.8  |   3010.55 |   4222.87 |   4745.25 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |   3267.08 |   3409.25 |   4875.46 |   5400.19 |
| 20        | Odisha            |  30453.2  |  27542.7  |  38144.8  |  42989.3  |
| 21        | Punjab            |  10345.8  |  10638.2  |  15288.8  |  17163.7  |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |  36049.1  |  35575.8  |  54030.6  |  57230.8  |
| 23        | Sikkim            |   2407.69 |   2308.47 |   3353.69 |   3680.28 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |  26392.4  |  24924.5  |  37458.6  |  38731.2  |
| 25        | Telangana         |  15987.6  |  12691.6  |  18720.5  |  19668.2  |
| 26        | Tripura           |   4211.78 |   4218.45 |   6077.52 |   6724.23 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 117818    | 106687    | 160358    | 169745    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |   6901.54 |   6568.72 |   9906.25 |  10617    |
| 29        | West Bengal       |  48048.4  |  44737    |  65540.8  |  71434.9  |
|           | TOTAL             | 650677    | 594997    | 882904    | 948406    |