A team from Bolangir Police Station today carried out raids at the house of Gopal Biswal, a staff who works at the shop that was reportedly selling duplicate jeans of branded companies, and seized a packaging machine and stickers of reputed companies.
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Out of Rs 1,65,105 crore GST collections for July, CGST was Rs 29,773 crore, SGST was Rs 37,623 crore, IGST was Rs 85,930 crore (including Rs 41,239 crore collected on import of goods) and cess stood at Rs 11,779 crore (including Rs 840 crore collected on import of goods).
As per Finance Ministry data, in 2020-21, as many as 12,596 cases of GST evasion were detected, while in 2022-23, the cases rose by 23.5 per cent to 15,562.
Addressing a press conference after the marathon eight-hours-long meeting, Sitharaman said that tax exemption has also been extended to satellite launch services provided by private parties.
This will give more power to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the anti-money laundering agency, to act against tax evasion within GSTN.
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The gross GST collection in April 2023 is also an all-time high and is Rs 19,495 crore more than the previous highest collection of Rs 1,67,540 lakh crore, which was recorded in April 2022.
The raids were conducted simultaneously at five places including their residence at Ghantapada and two business entities - Maa Hingula Transport and Maa Hingula Traders.
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February's GST collections were marginally higher than December 2022 collections, which were Rs 1,49,507 crore.
The government has settled Rs 38,507 crore towards CGST and Rs 32,624 crore towards SGST from IGST as regular settlement.
The Council also clarified on the definition of SUVs (sports utility vehicles) for the levy of 22 per cent compensation cess over the 28 per cent GST and decided to come out with parameters to define MUVs (multi utility vehicles).
The total amount of compensation released to the states so far, including the aforesaid amount, during 2022-23 is Rs 1,15,662 crore, official sources said.
The Rs 1.5 lakh crore mark has been crossed for the second time since the inception of GST, official sources said.
Youth Congress launched ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ rally outside Ramlila Maidan in Delhi in protest against price rise, GST and unemployment.
In a statement, the Union Finance Ministry said that the two installments have been released as against the normal monthly devolution of Rs 58,332.86 crore.
On the opposition's claims of burdening people by imposing GST on cheque books, she said the levy is in relation to purchase of cheque books by bans from printers, not for the public.
Car makers have to abide by the tax structure the Indian government has set. And being a welfare government, it has set the lowest GST and excise slab for small cars or cars with less engine capacity and a higher GST and excise slab for the speed enthusiasts opting for a more powerful engine.
Some services such as work contracts for roads, bridges, railways, metro, effluent treatment plants and crematoriums too will see tax going up to 18% from the current 12%.