Ministry of Finance released Rs 40,000 crore to states and union territories to meet the shortfall in GST compensation under the back-to-back loan facility on Thursday. It added that the total amount disbursed as back to back in lieu of GST compensation reached Rs 1.15 lakh crore for the current financial year. The ministry clarified that the disbursal was in addition to the normal GST compensation that is released every two months out of the actual cess collection.