Central GST officers have detected tax evasion of Rs 1.95 lakh crore in 25,397 cases in the April-January period of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday.

As per the data shared in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the total number of GST evasion cases detected by the central government officers in the last five years was 86,711 and the total detection was over Rs 6.79 lakh crore. In 2023-24 fiscal 20,582 evasion cases were detected involving Rs 2.30 lakh crore.