NEW DELHI: The federal government has registered over 26,250 instances of GST bill fraud throughout the nation, with the estimated quantity detected pegged at Rs 1,15,457 crore between 2018-19 and 2022-23, the finance ministry knowledgeable the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Responding to a query, junior minister for finance Pankaj Chaudhary mentioned that up to now, 1,239 individuals have been arrested and the realisation from these instances is a little bit over 10,000 crore. Official information confirmed that with 5,021 instances, involving a “detected quantity” of Rs 30,000 crore, Maharashtra was on high of the record. Gujarat (4,486) had the second highest variety of instances, whereas Delhi (Rs 14,00 crore) had the second highest detection.
The minister mentioned between July 2017 and June 2023, the federal government had recognized 5,070 instances the place fraudulent GST registration had taken place by misusing Aadhaar and PAN . These instances concerned unlawful advantages of over Rs 27,400 crore .
