Punjab has got the dubious distinction in the region of having the highest amount of fraud worth over Rs. 515 crore in terms of fraudulent cases of goods and services tax (GST) registration by misusing PAN of Aadhaar details of other people to claim input tax credit (ITC) in the last six years.
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The authorities in Punjab have recovered barely Rs. 32 crores from the fraudsters in 160 cases till date. Although the neighboring state of Haryana has the highest number of such fraudulent cases (265) as compared to Punjab, the amount of frauds add up to Rs.230 crores, out of which only Rs. 2 crore has been recovered till date.
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