Chewing tobacco manufacturer used decoy e-way bills to evade GST

As a new mechanism to check evasion has been placed, a western Uttar Pradesh-based ‘Khaini’ (chewing tobacco)manufacturer found a unique way to distribute its product just for evading Goods & Services Tax (GST) amounting to nearly ₹500 crore.  Chewing tobacco along with other tobacco products attracts GST at 28 per cent along with a cess of 0.56 times the retail sales prices m…