Question : CENTRAL EXCISE EVASION BY IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURERS



(a) whether the manufacturers of Iron and Steel are causing loss of revenue to the Government by evading Central Excise duty;

(b) if so, the number of cases have come to the notice of the Government during the last three years alongwith the details of manufacturers;

(c) whether any inquiry has been conducted into the tax evasions by manufacturers in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereof; and

(e) how much loss has been suffered by the Government in this regard ?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (V. Dhananjaya Kumar)


(a) to (e): The information is being collected and shall be laid on the table of the house.