One too many routes to GST evasion

Recently, the Minister of State for Finance informed Parliament that the government has detected GST evasion to the extent of ₹38,896 crores in the period April-October 2018.  The fact that such an accurate number can be publicly announced proves two things — evasion of GST is increasing and that the government is aware of this. Things are moving so rapidly that a couple of weeks back, the Pa…