Is it true that north India survives on the taxes of south India?

In terms of direct tax collected from states, there are many non-south states which contribute more to the tax collection as compared to Southern states. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:602/0*5kBgJaFP7UK0TOXu" style="height:322px; width:602px" /> Source: Income Tax Department Maharashtra and Delhi account for 50.4% of direct tax collection, All 5 Southern states combined pay 25.8% of tax. [Edit: Mathematically, south states pay more proportion of direct tax as compared to north, but it still doesn’t prove that south feeds off from north.] <a href="https://prayag-s.medium.com/is-it-true-that-north-india-survives-on-the-taxes-of-south-india-d04a4cd5b4f3">Read More</a>