Govt will honour compact to give states their share of GST: Sitharaman

The central government will keep its "compact" to give state their share of the  goods and services tax  (GST) though the cess collected has been inadequate, said Finance Minister  Nirmala Sitharaman  on Saturday. Sitharaman's statement comes after Kerala last week threatened to take the central government to Supreme Court over delay in the payment of compensation to states. Th…