AAP Ram Ramesh alleged that this shortfall could not be a justification for the government to make cuts in MNREGA like social welfare programmes, especially at a time when rural wages are authentic and consumption has fallen. A 45.3% recoup may be due to a decline in net receipts last month.
You added that the complexities of the GST system and the potential for massive fraud due to software overload. You said that cases of fraud in ‘Input Tax Credit’ (ITC) are common and a fraudulent amount of Rs 35132 crore has been committed.