The Finance Ministry had earlier released Rs 75,000 crore in October and Rs 40,000 Crore in July. Till date, accounting the latest amount, it has released a total of Rs 1.59 lakh crore in the current fiscal year.
With the current release, the total amount released as GST compensation stands at Rs 1,15,000 crore in addition to the normal GST compensation released every two months out of actual cess collection.