Andhra Pradesh: Former CM Jagan Reddy cites CAG data, state fiscal health shows signs of “trouble” under NDA rules
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, head of YSRCP, cited data from April CAG on Saturday and claimed Andhra Pradesh’s fiscal performance was “troubled”.
The former chief minister noted that the CAG’s figures issued in April 2025 conveyed the “reality”. “State GST revenue in the first month of this fiscal year (April 2025) showed 24.20% of revenue compared to April 2024,” he said in an article on ‘X’.
Although the NDA government, led by TDP, announced on May 1 that the state government net revenue in April 2025 was the “highest” since the GST since Rs 33.354 crore, Reddy said that after all adjustments, the net technology will be technically done.
He claimed that once the CAG figures were made public, the government issued a press release “naughty”, suggesting that even in May, GST revenue reached record heights.
“In this press release, they mentioned that in April 2025, the central government deducted Rs 796 crore due to adjustments to the advance allocation of IGST (integrated GST), and therefore GST revenue fell.”
According to opposition leaders, the early allocation of IGST is occupied by the provisions of the secondary head 110 and is part of the SGST (State GST) under the principal head 0006 of the government account.
He said it was a normal process and after considering all these adjustments, he would receive net GST income, adding that the same was true in previous years.
“The press release on May 1 stated that the net GST favorites in April 2025 were Rs 3354 crore. Now, they (the government) said, adjusted Rs 796 crore. One can clearly understand that this is just covering up the truth about GST income, and the cag reveals the post-growth of GST income,” Reddy said.
In addition, opposition leaders pointed out that contrary to what the NDA coalition government suggested, CAG released data showed that tax revenue was more obvious in April compared to April 2024, with tax revenue falling by 12.21% and non-tax revenue falling by 22%.
Reddy said the decline in the previous year was 12.76%, if the state’s own revenue was taken into account, indicating a “very frustrating situation.”
At the same time, it was ruled that TDP did not respond immediately.
