on Tuesday said no GST dues of any state are pending before it and that some state governments have not submitted the AG’s authenticated certificate for release of their share of funds.
Replying to a supplementary question in Rajya Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the narrative that GST dues are pending from the Centre is not correct and is a misnomer as states have not submitted the AG’s report. “It is important to understand that the AG's (accountant general) certification is (mandatory)... If the AG’s certificate does not reach us, we cannot clear... Some states, even after sending the AG's certificate, tell us to hold on till they clear it finally,” she said
Sitharaman said she would specifically name some states. “Goa has not submitted AG's certificate for 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. It is also yet to send the report for 2021-22 and the first quarter of 2022-23. For 2022-23, no state, except for Karnataka, has given AG's certificate as yet," she said.
West Bengal has also not submitted AG's report from 2019-20 to the first quarter of 2022-23. “AG's certificate has not come from West Bengal, so the amount would not be released,” she said, adding that “to call it pending… is a misnomer. Let them send AG’s certificate, we will clear it. Several other states have not submitted AG's report.
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