GST Evasion: Govt releases State-Wise details of Cases, Maharashtra Tops the List

The Ministry of Finance has today released the State-wise details of detection of GST evasion cases where the State of Maharashtra is leading the list with Rs. 3898.72 crores of evasion in 418 cases followed by Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka with Rs. 998.62 crores and Rs. 844.17 crores respectively, State Minister Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla said in Lok Sabha.

As per a press release issued by the Government, the department has detected an evasion of Rs 12766.85 crore in 8 months till November. An amount of Rs. 7909.96 Cr. has been recovered during the period April 2018 to November 2018, Shukla said.

So far, 3196 cases have been reported in connection with tax evasion.

In Uttar Pradesh, 233 cases have been reported whereas 127 cases are there in Karnataka. In Gujarat, 303 cases are reported for an evasion of Rs. 548.16 crores in which, Rs. 405.55 crores are detected.

The Government has taken tax evasion measures such as Intelligence based enforcement, E-Way Bill squads, Systematic Analysis of Data and setting-up of Directorate General ( Analytics & Risk Management).

 

		Detection		Recovery
Sr. No.	Name of the	No. Of	Amount (in	No. Of	Amount
	State/U.T	Cases	Cr)	Cases	(in Cr)
1	Andhra Pradesh	38	359.01	26	235.68
2	Arunachal Pradesh	29	17.19	15	10.69
3	Assam	21	46.17	19	44.73
4	Bihar	182	490.01	167	484.02
5	Chhattisgarh	36	180.18	34	158.57
6	Goa	31	30.95	27	17.9
7	Gujarat	303	548.16	232	405.55
8	Haryana	210	757.19	172	301.23
9	Himachal Pradesh	10	37.7	8	4.35
10	Jammu & Kashmir	25	109.67	20	40.45
11	Jharkhand	145	494.6	105	246.27
12	Karnataka	127	844.17	66	594.99
13	Kerala	54	447.03	43	278.35
14	Madhya Pradesh	252	499.16	259	384.92
15	Maharashtra	418	3898.72	363	2475.27
16	Manipur	2	0.18	2	0.05
17	Meghalaya	7	34.35	7	33.89
18	Mizoram	0	0	0	0
19	Nagaland	0	0	0	0
20	Odisha	80	237.78	58	155.45
21	Punjab	75	60.69	70	40.19
22	Rajasthan	207	427.76	192	302.11
23	Sikkim	1	6	1	0.2
24	Tamil Nadu	148	757.34	101	426.47
25	Telangana	103	244.25	71	95.83
26	Tripura	8	3.85	4	0.19
27	Uttar Pradesh	233	998.62	185	605.59
28	Uttarakhand	24	119.82	19	59.08
29	West Bengal	225	336.36	209	157.73
30	Delhi	144	741.52	119	331.27
31	Chandigarh	7	2.8	5	3.23
32	Daman & Diu	10	8.44	10	8.64
	Dadar & Nagar
33	Haveli	6	1.75	5	1.67
34	Puducherry	35	25.43	20	5.4
	Andaman &
35	Nicobar	0	0	0	0
36	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0
	Total	3196	12766.85	2634	7909.96