Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said a special session of the GST Council will be held soon to discuss all compensation-related issues. Sitharaman also said that the flow of COVID-19 vaccination across the country will be well managed and all states will be taken care of.
She said 'every state gets the allocation of vaccines as per the intensity of the attack, density of the population and the number of vulnerable populations. The central government supplies it (vaccines), well in advance so that they can announce as to how much is being given, seven days prior...this happening every month.'
She stated ‘I have promised to hold a special session, in which we will discuss about, all GST compensation related issues.’ she said every state's compensation will be worked out. Talking about the kind of expenditure budgeted for the compensation, she said ‘I can’t tell you off the cuff. These are amounts which are determined based on the formula which was arrived at last year and that is the basis on which the distribution will start.