Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Friday reiterated the State government’s assertion that Tamil Nadu was losing out on tax revenues and fiscal autonomy, and countered the remarks made to the contrary by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman a day earlier.
Addressing journalists in Chennai, Mr. Thennarasu said the State received a total of ₹4.75 lakh crore from the Union government between 2014-15 and 2022-23, which included ₹2.46 lakh crore as “tax devolutions from the Central taxes” and ₹2.28 lakh crore as grants-in-aid and assistance.
In contrast, Ms. Sitharaman said the Union government had given ₹6.97 lakh crore in tax devolutions, grants-in-aid and special assistance. While agreeing with Ms. Sitharaman that ₹6.23 lakh crore in direct tax revenues was collected from Tamil Nadu between 2014-15 and 2022-23, Mr. Thennarasu said the Union government had not shared any data with the State on the indirect taxes collected from Tamil Nadu.
