The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) had initiated a special drive against the practice of claiming fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) to plug the leakage in government revenue. The drive started from November 2020, and continues to check ITC evasion actively. From April 2020 to September 2023, more than 6,000 fake ITC cases involving more than Rs. 57,000 crore GST evasion has been detected and a total of 500 persons have been arrested by DGGI.
DGGI is the premier Intelligence and Investigating Agency of GST tax evasion across the country under the Ministry of Finance. It has developed intelligence, especially in new areas of tax evasion, through advanced tools for data analytics to tackle the menace of GST evasion. In the financial year 2023-24 Rs. 1.36 lakh crore has been detected as overall GST evasion (including fake ITC) and voluntary payment of Rs. 14,108 crore has been made.
DGGI has laid special emphasis to identify and apprehend the masterminds and disrupting syndicates, operating across the country since June 2023. Using data analysis aided by advanced technical tools various offender have been arrested for evading taxes. In the current Financial Year 2023-24, a total of 1,040 fake ITC cases involving Rs. 14,000 crore has been detected with a total of 91 fraudsters apprehended till date.
