Goods & Services Tax gaffe: Govt gives two vastly different numbers on GST evasion

In two different replies to Lok Sabha questions made within a gap of a fortnight, the government came out with two vastly different numbers on goods and services tax (GST) evasion. On December 14, it said an amount of Rs 12,767 crore was found to be evaded by taxpayers during the April-November period, while two weeks later on December 28, it said the evasion during April-October was Rs 38,896 cro…