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Haryana tops the list of fake firms per lakh among entities registered with the Goods and Services Tax authorities, followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, according to official data on action taken against bogus firms in the December quarter, even as a special drive since May detected 29,273 fictitious firms defrauding ₹44,015 crores.
While the largest number of bogus firms incorporated for input tax credit was detected in Maharashtra (926), in terms of fake firms per lakh, Haryana emerged number one (81), followed by Delhi (61), Rajasthan (59) and Maharashtra (54), according to finance ministry data released on Sunday.
In terms of the total amount suspected to be in the category of tax evasion, Delhi emerged at the top with ₹3,028 crore in the quarter ended December, followed by Maharashtra ( ₹2,201 crore) and Uttar Pradesh ( ₹1,645 crore). The maximum number of arrests were made in Delhi and Maharashtra (11 each) during this period.
