Centre transfers Rs 42,000 crore to states after 7th weekly GST compensation tranche

The  central government  released the seventh weekly installment of Rs 6,000 crore under the first option of the goods and services tax ( GST )  compensation  on Monday, taking the total amount provided to the states to Rs 42,000 crore.  From the latest tranche, 23 states would get Rs 5,517 crore and the three Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry wi…