States slam FM plan to not extend GST compensation after June 2022

States have expressed shock after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had, post the  goods and services tax  (GST) Council meeting on Friday, expressed her inability to extend the  GST  compensation to them beyond June 2022. The states pointed out that, during the meeting, the matter was only deferred for further discussions. Chandrima Bhattacharya, West Bengal minister of stat…