Government releases Rs 35,298 crores GST compensation to states

Facing heat over delay in compensation, the government today released Rs 35,298 crore to states. The matter was likely to be taken up in the upcoming  GST Council meeting where states, especially the Opposition-ruled ones, expected to try and pin the Centre down over the delay in the release of compensation. Speaking at the India Economic Conclave event of the Times Network, finance minister&…