New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- The government has identified 489 fake GST registrations linked to forged PAN and Aadhaar details until October this year, which resulted in tax evasion of more than Rs.3,000 crore, Parliament was told on Monday, 15 December.

In the 2024-25 fiscal year, 3,977 fraudulent GST registrations were detected using forged PAN and Aadhaar, leading to an evasion of Rs.13,109 crore. In 2023-24, 5,699 similar fraudulent registrations were identified, resulting in tax evasion of Rs.15,085 crore, as per a written reply by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in the Lok Sabha.

From April to October this year, GST officers arrested 16 individuals. In FY 2024 and FY 2025, the arrests totalled 50 and 67, respectively.

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