Hn_Ani2_Bhopal_Congress_Press_Conference_03-45-33

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1/9/2025

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00:00And I also gave a suggestion here that the damage that is being done to the states,

00:07the damage that is being done, what is the current arrangement you have put in place

00:13to compensate for that?

00:15There is CGST, Central GST and SGST, State GST.

00:20If anything is sold in Madhya Pradesh, two loans are required for that.

00:25One tax is required for GST if it is 18%.

00:289% goes to the central government and 9% remains with Madhya Pradesh.

00:33For example, if there was a VAT regime and you imposed a tax of 15% in Madhya Pradesh,

00:42where did that 15% stay?

00:45In the state.

00:47In the state.

00:48How much are you getting today?

00:509%.

00:519%.

00:52Who is taking advantage?

00:54The central government.

00:56The central government used to get the benefit of CGST.

01:02Today, through GST, through central GST, they are taking advantage of the VAT regime

01:09by removing the share of the state's debt.

01:12They are taking full advantage of it.

01:14And apart from that, the 50% that the central government takes, 41% of that is devolved

01:21to the states.

01:23It is not 50-50.

01:2541% will be devolved.

01:27So, the 41% that will be devolved to you, or let's say 42%, earlier it was 42%, now it

01:32is 21%.

01:33So, how much did the state get?

01:3571%.

01:36How much is the central government taking?

01:3829%.

01:39Sir, are you saying that the GST should be abolished or should the Congress take the power of GST?

01:46It has to be rationalized.

01:48I had also given this suggestion in writing that the tax that is being taken 50-50,

01:52it should be done in favour of the 20-80 state or in favour of the 30-70 state.

01:57So, if you keep 70% minimum, then you will get 40% of 30%, so you will get 12% more,

02:04so 70 and 12 is 82.

02:06Or if you do 20%, then you will get 8 rupees, so 88.

02:11So, this should be given to the state.

02:14Only then will the economic condition of the states improve.

02:17Why?

02:18Because the central government takes excise or cess on a lot of things, which does not

02:23go in the pool of 41% or 42% that the state governments get.

02:28Sir, in the session that took place in your Chhattisgarh, the minister is saying that

02:35he will now investigate it.

02:38It should be investigated by anyone else.

02:41The reagent that was purchased in Chhattisgarh, now that you have asked, I will tell you the

02:46story, because you are asking for what purpose.

02:49I understand that I was the health minister.

02:52Before the 2018 elections, the minister of the government of the Indian People's Party

03:00ordered to buy those machines, which were closed-ended machines.

03:05Those who know this will understand that a closed-ended machine means that the reagent

03:10of the same company will be used in that machine and not of another.

03:14He called this machine from Germany.

03:17I did not find any fault in the machines.

03:20But in open-ended machines, you can do a Sargenic tender of the reagent and you can

03:26buy any reagent at the market price through a tender.

03:31But because he bought a closed-ended machine, the same reagent is used in it, which is supplied

03:38with that machine.

03:40This is his story.

03:42And the subject of investigation should be that the price at which the reagent was purchased,

03:47is it a national rate or not?

03:49Today, this data is available online.

03:52All the medical corporations, in every state, medical corporations have been formed.

03:57The health department does not directly buy it.

03:59These corporations buy it.

04:01In those corporations, the rate of the reagent used in the machine coming from Germany is

04:07one rupee or four rupees?

04:10And what is its actual rate?

04:12The agency that you are talking about or any other agency, they should investigate this.

04:18Sir, you are the deputy chief of Chhattisgarh.

04:21And in Chhattisgarh, recently, there has been an incident.

04:24Abhishek sir is saying that by March 2026, the whole of Naxality will be gone.

04:30In this, my objection is that there should be no politicization of very serious issues

04:36such as COVID or the problem of Naxalism.

04:40I have corrected it.

04:41I have done this.

04:42You take credit in the name of the party.

04:44This should not happen at all.

04:45Secondly, targets are set.

04:48The Home Minister of this government has set a target.

04:51There is no harm in it.

04:53But when targets are set, then such situations also arise that we have to do this.

04:58This is one type of politicization.

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