“To promote growth and equitable development, the Union government should share with us half of the taxes collected in Karnataka,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in Haveri on Sunday.
“Karnataka collects over ₹4.3 lakh crore every year. But what we get back is a pittance. We are getting only ₹13 against every ₹100 we contribute to the Central tax kitty. This is gross injustice and it should stop,” he said.
He also demanded that the Centre share money from the various cess and surcharges collected by the various Central departments. “The Centre collects ₹5.5 lakh crore by cess and surcharges. But it does not share them with the States. This is gross injustice,” he claimed.
