<h1>Chief minister seeks five-year central compensation for projected GST revenue loss after rate rationalisation, citing prior pledge</h1> The state chief minister demanded that the central government legally compensate the state for projected revenue losses arising from recent GST rate rationalisation, seeking indemnification for five years and invoking the earlier central commitment to compensate states if tax growth fell below 14%. The chief minister asserted the Centre's responsibility to fill gaps created by Council decisions, noting a prior representation by the deputy chief minister and a forthcoming letter to the union minister to press the prime minister for relief. The deputy chief minister estimated an annual shortfall of about Rs 7,000 crore.