States, Union territories have up to 43% GST revenue gap

Only three states — Manipur,  Mizoram and  Arunachal Pradesh — have reported surplus GST collections compared with the average monthly revenue they should earn to ensure that the Centre does not have to compensate them for any loss. At the other end of the spectrum are half-a-dozen states — Puducherry, Himachal,  Uttarakhand , Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar — which have a sho…