Published on : 02 Oct 2025, 2:47 pm

Guwahati: In a major financial push ahead of the festive season, the Union government has released an additional tax devolution of ₹1,01,603 crore to all states, the Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday.

Of this, the eight Northeastern states together received ₹8,668 crore as an advance instalment. Assam secured the largest allocation with ₹3,178 crore, followed by Arunachal Pradesh with ₹1,785 crore. Other allocations include Meghalaya (₹779 crore), Manipur (₹727 crore), Tripura (₹719 crore), Nagaland (₹578 crore), Mizoram (₹508 crore) and Sikkim (₹394 crore).

The Ministry said the move aims to enable states to step up capital expenditure and implement welfare programmes during the festive period. The release comes in addition to the monthly

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