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GST evasion crosses ₹7L crore in 5 yrs: Centre

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August 06, 2025

Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion totalling ₹7,07,042 crore was detected across 91,370 cases in the last five financial years, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha.

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The figures were disclosed in response to a question raised by Puducherry Lok Sabha MP V Vaithilingam.

The data revealed that fraudulent claims of Input Tax Credit (ITC) accounted for a substantial portion of the evasion with a total of 44,938 cases amounting to ₹1,78,541 crore during this period. Of this, ₹1,29,175 crore was recovered through voluntary deposits, including ₹12,831 crore in the current fiscal year.

GST evasion has witnessed a sharp rise since 2020-2021. The officials detected ₹49,384 crore worth of evasion in 12,596 cases that year which surged to ₹2,23,375 crore across 30,056 cases by 2024-2025.

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