India, Aug. 8 -- LUCKNOW Tightening the noose around tax evaders in the mining and real estate sectors, the Uttar Pradesh state tax department has launched an aggressive drive identifying significant GST revenue leakages, bringing hundreds of entities under the tax net and initiating recovery proceedings worth more than Rs.1100 crore, officials dealing with the issue disclosed.

A dedicated team at the state tax headquarters, rigorously monitoring suspicious dealers for three months, has uncovered widespread non-compliance in the two key sectors, revealing that nearly one-third of lease contractors in the mining sectors have been operating outside the tax net.

Principal secretary, state tax, M Devraj said: "Rigorous monitoring of the min...