Massive GST evasion by gold merchants and jewelleries of Agartala as also in other parts of Tripura have emerged ever since the GST was imposed way back in 2017. Almost all of the more than 100 jewellery shops and gold merchants of Agartala dealing in made ornaments or in making ornaments for sale are involved in the organised racket of GST evasion at the cost of the exchequer, of course with benign help from the GST inspectors who get illegal gratification from the corrupt gold businessmen and jewelers.

Disclosing this information sources keeping a tab on the gold business described the GST evasion as an essential process. “The modus operadi of this corrupt racket is simple : 90% of the gold businessmen and jewelers do not give any receipt for GST payment to customers who buy gold or mad

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