<h1>Finance Ministry Disburses Ninth Installment of Rs. 6,000 Crore to States for GST Compensation Shortfall.</h1> The Ministry of Finance has released the ninth installment of Rs. 6,000 crore to states as a back-to-back loan to address the GST compensation shortfall, totaling Rs. 54,000 crore disbursed so far. This amount includes Rs. 5,516.60 crore for 23 states and Rs. 483.40 crore for three Union Territories with legislative assemblies. Five states have no GST revenue gap. The government established a special borrowing window in October 2020 to cover a Rs. 1.10 lakh crore shortfall due to GST implementation. Additionally, states have been granted permission for extra borrowing equivalent to 0.50% of their Gross State Domestic Product to further support financial resources.