Seven States contribute a higher share in total tax collections in the country than their share in what they get back from the Centre as devolution, an analysis of data shared by the government in Parliament shows.

The data shared by the Ministry of Finance to the Rajya Sabha in a reply shows that Uttar Pradesh accounted for 4.6% of the total tax collected in the country between 2020-21 and 2024-25, but received 15.8% of the taxes shared by the Centre during this period.

An analysis by The Hindu shows that while Uttar Pradesh had the highest positive difference, where the share in devolution exceeded the share in taxes collected, Maharashtra had the biggest negative difference, where the share in taxes collected exceeded the share in devolution.

Maharashtra contributed 36.1% of total

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