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Commercial tax raids in Bengaluru uncover GST evasion; 75 vehicles seized

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Commercial tax raids in Bengaluru uncover GST evasion; 75 vehicles seized

The Enforcement Wing (South Zone) of the Commercial Taxes Department, Bengaluru, has conducted simultaneous inspections in over 20 locations in the central business district. It has also seized about 75 goods vehicles that evaded taxes in a month. The department said on Tuesday in a statement that the raids were conducted in shops located in Chickpet, Avenue Road, Cottonpet, Balepet, and B V K Iyengar Road, targeting traders dealing in electrical and electronic goods, readymade garments, other textiles, automobiles, and handicraft items. The department uncovered several instances of tax evasion where traders were selling goods without issuing invoices to customers, and imposed penalties under the GST Act. Additionally, officials exposed a network of traders who operated unregistered wareho...

Data | Why Centre’s denial of rice through OMSS hits Karnataka the most

Picture used for representational purpose | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Ever since the Congress-led Karnataka government came to power, it has been struggling to meet one of its major pre-poll promises — the provision of five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. This would have been in addition to the five kg of rice that is provided under the National Food Security Act. To fulfill its promise, the State government required more rice than usual, which led to a slugfest with the BJP-led Centre.Until now, a major source of rice for Karnataka was the Centre’s Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). Through OMSS, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) had been selling surplus grains. On June 13, t...

Data | How significant were BJP’s deposit losses in 13.8% of Karnataka’s seats?

BJP workers decorating Ballari city with part flags on Friday ahead of party’s Scheduled Tribes conference to be held on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sridhar Kavali The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost deposits in 31 constituencies — 13.8% of the seats the party contested — in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly elections. Notably, the party won 66 seats in the election, which is 29.5% of the seats contested. These two data points make for interesting reading, for when read together, they hint at a state of dichotomy in Karnataka. More importantly, when compared to all the recent State elections in which the BJP won a significant share of seats, Karnataka is a clear outlier in terms of the share of seats in w...