Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah calls for fair share of tax revenue
There should not be any injustice just because Karnataka is a progressive state, the chief minister said.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the contribution of the state to the national tax revenue exceeded the funds it received from the Union government and called for fairness in the distribution of the central tax revenue, the Hindustan Times reported.
“Karnataka is the second-largest contributor to the central tax revenue after Maharashtra,” the chief minister said at the state day event in Bengaluru. “Under the federal system, there should not be any injustice just because Karnataka is a progressive state.”
While the state contributed over Rs 4,00,000 crore in taxes, it received Rs 55,000 crore to Rs 60,000 crore in return, the Congress leader said. “We are only getting 14 to 15 paise for every rupee we contribute,” he added.
He added: “No one should milk a milch cow completely dry, or else the calf will be malnourished.”
Siddaramaiah asked the Lok Sabha MPs from Karnataka to raise the problem of fiscal inequity in Parliament.
“When we demand justice, they are politicising the issue,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. “We should launch a movement to get our rightful dues.”
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