Lok Sabha Question No. 1012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Evasion of Excise and Custom Duty
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE *****

## LOK SABHA

## QUESTION NO. 1012

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 8 th  FEBRUARY, 2021 MAGHA 19, 1942 (SAKA)

## 'EVASION OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS DUTY'

† 1012. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- a)  the names of companies located in various states against which departmental and judicial action is being taken for evasion of excise and customs duty amounting to more than Rs. 100 crore;
- b)  the companies against which such cases are pending for more than last three years in the Central Excise Gold Control Appellate Tribunal, High Courts or Supreme Court along with their current status; and
- c)  the steps being taken or proposed to be taken by the Government for speedy recovery of the said amount?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- a) Total no. of cases are 189. Details are at Annexure-A.
- b) Total no. of cases pending for more than 3 years in SC/HC/CESTAT are 71. Details are at Annexure-B.
- c)  The Department is vigorously following up these cases before different judicial fora for speedy resolution of the matter for which application(s) for early hearing has been filed in many of these cases.

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## Annexure-A

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/U.T                | Name of the Entities against which cases have been booked for Evasion of Excise duty of more than Rs. 100 Crores   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                       | ReGen Powertech Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                          |
|         2 | Bihar                                | Prabhat Zarda Factory Ltd.                                                                                         |
|         3 | Chhatisgarh                          | Jindal Steel & Power                                                                                               |
|         4 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Wellknown Group & Wellknown Polyester Ltd. (Unit-II, IV & V)                                                       |
|         5 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Wellknown Polyester Ltd. (Unit-I)                                                                                  |
|         6 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Wellknown Polyester Ltd. ( Unit-I)                                                                                 |
|         7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Wellknown Group of Companies                                                                                       |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|         9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|        10 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|        11 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|        12 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|        13 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                       |
|        14 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | AGS Transact Technologies Ltd.                                                                                     |
|        15 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Wellknown Polyster Ltd.                                                                                            |
|        16 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Perfect Filaments Ltd.                                                                                             |
|        17 | Daman                                | Wellknown Group (Unit-I,IV,V, WSPL & Manager)                                                                      |
|        18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | VHCL Industries Ltd.                                                                                               |
|        19 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Bhilosa Industries Pvt Ltd.                                                                                        |

|   20. | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu   | Yogesh Associates                                 |
|-------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|    21 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu   | Shree Meenakshi Food Products Pvt. Ltd.           |
|    22 | Delhi                                  | Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.                        |
|    23 | Delhi                                  | Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.                             |
|    24 | Delhi                                  | Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.                             |
|    25 | Delhi                                  | Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.                    |
|    26 | Delhi                                  | Ashok & Co. Pan Bahar Ltd.                        |
|    27 | Delhi                                  | Som Pan Products Pvt. Ltd.                        |
|    28 | Delhi                                  | S N Agrifoods Pvt. Ltd. & others                  |
|    29 | Delhi                                  | Raj Products & others                             |
|    30 | Gujarat                                | Uma Textiles Processor                            |
|    31 | Gujarat                                | Reliance Industries Ltd.                          |
|    32 | Gujarat                                | Reliance Industries Ltd.                          |
|    33 | Gujarat                                | Vishnu Pouch packaging Pvt. Ltd.(unit-I)          |
|    34 | Gujarat                                | Vishnu Pouch packaging Pvt. Ltd.(unit-I)          |
|    35 | Gujarat                                | Larsen and Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd.    |
|    36 | Gujarat                                | Essar Steel Ltd.                                  |
|    37 | Gujarat                                | General Motors                                    |
|    38 | Gujarat                                | Reliance Industries Ltd.                          |
|    39 | Haryana                                | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                       |
|    40 | Haryana                                | Escorts Ltd. (Agro Machinary Group) Tractor Plant |
|    41 | Haryana                                | Shree Flavour LLP                                 |
|    42 | Haryana                                | Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.                          |
|    43 | Himachal Pradesh                       | Gillette India Ltd.                               |
|    44 | Himachal Pradesh                       | Gillette India Ltd.                               |
|    45 | Jharkhand                              | Tata Steel Ltd.                                   |
|    46 | Jharkhand                              | Jindal Steel & Bokaro Power Ltd.                  |
|    47 | Jharkhand                              | Bharat Cooking Coal Ltd.                          |
|    48 | Karnataka                              | Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd.                   |
|    49 | Karnataka                              | MRPL                                              |
|    50 | Madhya Pradesh                         | MOIL                                              |
|    51 | Madhya Pradesh                         | Northern Coalfields Ltd.                          |
|    52 | Madhya Pradesh                         | Mondelez India Road Pvt. Ltd.                     |
|    53 | Madhya Pradesh                         | MPMKVVCL                                          |
|    54 | Maharashtra                            | CEAT Ltd.                                         |

|   55. | Maharashtra   | Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.          |
|-------|---------------|--------------------------------------|
|    56 | Maharashtra   | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.          |
|    57 | Maharashtra   | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.    |
|    58 | Maharashtra   | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.    |
|    59 | Maharashtra   | JSW Ispat Steel Ltd.                 |
|    60 | Maharashtra   | Reliance Industries Ltd.             |
|    61 | Maharashtra   | Konkan Synthetic Fibres              |
|    62 | Maharashtra   | New Kamath Tobacco Pvt. Ltd.         |
|    63 | Maharashtra   | ACC Ltd.                             |
|    64 | Maharashtra   | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.    |
|    65 | Maharashtra   | Fastrack Packers Pvt. Ltd.           |
|    66 | Maharashtra   | Datar switchgear Ltd.                |
|    67 | Maharashtra   | Coca Cola India Pvt Ltd.             |
|    68 | Maharashtra   | John Deere India Pvt Ltd.            |
|    69 | Maharashtra   | Bajaj Auto Ltd.                      |
|    70 | Maharashtra   | Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd.  |
|    71 | Maharashtra   | Tata Motors Ltd.                     |
|    72 | Maharashtra   | Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd.           |
|    73 | Maharashtra   | Bajaj Auto Ltd.                      |
|    74 | Maharashtra   | John Deere India Pvt. Ltd.           |
|    75 | Maharashtra   | Fiat India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd.     |
|    76 | Maharashtra   | Thermax Ltd.                         |
|    77 | Maharashtra   | Bajaj Auto Ltd.                      |
|    78 | Maharashtra   | LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.       |
|    79 | Maharashtra   | Mercedez India Pvt. Ltd.             |
|    80 | Maharashtra   | Thermax Ltd.                         |
|    81 | Maharashtra   | Shri Farooq Mussa Jamadar and others |
|    82 | Maharashtra   | BPCL                                 |
|    83 | Odisha        | Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd.           |
|    84 | Odisha        | Gopalji Ketaki Khara Masala          |
|    85 | Odisha        | Mahanadi Coalfileds Ltd.             |

|   86. | Odisha        | Mahanadi Coal Field Ltd                  |
|-------|---------------|------------------------------------------|
|    87 | Odisha        | Bonai Industrial Co Pvt Ltd.             |
|    88 | Odisha        | Khatau Narbheram & Co.                   |
|    89 | Odisha        | Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.           |
|    90 | Odisha        | Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.           |
|    91 | Odisha        | Kay Pan Sugandh                          |
|    92 | Odisha        | Rungta Mines Ltd.                        |
|    93 | Odisha        | Meena Zarda Udyog Pvt. Ltd.              |
|    94 | Punjab        | HMEL Refinery                            |
|    95 | Punjab        | IOC                                      |
|    96 | Punjab        | IOC                                      |
|    97 | Rajasthan     | Cairn India Ltd.                         |
|    98 | Rajasthan     | Miraj Products Private Ltd. (Unit No. 1) |
|    99 | Rajasthan     | Bharat Petroleum Corp.                   |
|   100 | Rajasthan     | HPCL                                     |
|   101 | Rajasthan     | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.              |
|   102 | Sikkim        | Peninsula Technologies                   |
|   103 | Tamil Nadu    | Hyundai Motors India Ltd.                |
|   104 | Telangana     | Singareni Collieries                     |
|   105 | Tripura       | Dharampal Satyapal Ltd.                  |
|   106 | Tripura       | Dharampal Satyapal Ltd.                  |
|   107 | Uttar Pradesh | Harsingar Gutkha Pvt. Ltd.               |
|   108 | Uttar Pradesh | Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.      |
|   109 | Uttar Pradesh | AMP Pan Products Pvt. Ltd.               |
|   110 | Uttar Pradesh | Rimjhim Group of Companies               |
|   111 | Uttar Pradesh | Kay Flavours Private Ltd.                |
|   112 | Uttar Pradesh | Kay Pan Fragrances Pvt. Ltd.             |
|   113 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra Agencies Pvt Ltd                    |
|   114 | West Bengal   | Eastern Coalfield Ltd.                   |
|   115 | West Bengal   | Eastern Coalfield Ltd.                   |
|   116 | West Bengal   | Techno Electric & Engineering Co. Ltd.   |
|   117 | West Bengal   | India Steamship                          |
|   118 | West Bengal   | Mackintosh Burn Ltd.                     |
|   119 | West Bengal   | Allahabad Bank                           |
|   120 | West Bengal   | UCO Bank                                 |
|   121 | West Bengal   | United Bank of India                     |
|   122 | West Bengal   | FA & CAO Eastern Railway                 |
|   123 | West Bengal   | Director of Postal Life Insurance        |
|   124 | West Bengal   | Integrated Coal Mining Ltd.              |
|   125 | West Bengal   | Baba Strips & Tubes Ltd.                 |

|   126. | Tamil Nadu   | M/s JSW Steel Limited                           |
|--------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|    127 | Tamil Nadu   | M/s BMW India Pvt. Ltd                          |
|    128 | Tamil Nadu   | M/s Tata Sky Ltd.                               |
|    129 | Tamil Nadu   | M/s Huawei Telecommunication India Pvt. Ltd.    |
|    130 | Tamil Nadu   | M/s J.B. Overseas                               |
|    131 | Delhi        | M/s Sony India Pvt. Ltd                         |
|    132 | Delhi        | M/s Nikon India Pvt. LTd                        |
|    133 | Delhi        | M/s Canon India Pvt. Ltd                        |
|    134 | Delhi        | M/s Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.         |
|    135 | Haryana      | M/s Pernod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd                |
|    136 | Haryana      | M/s Brighstar Telecommunications India Ltd      |
|    137 | Gujarat      | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd.                    |
|    138 | Gujarat      | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd (100% EOU)          |
|    139 | Gujarat      | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd                     |
|    140 | Gujarat      | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd                     |
|    141 | Gujarat      | Essar Power Gujarat Limited                     |
|    142 | Gujarat      | VVF Ltd                                         |
|    143 | Gujarat      | Trisuns Chemical Industries & Others            |
|    144 | Maharashtra  | M/s Vodafone India Ltd & Others                 |
|    145 | Maharashtra  | M/s Reliance Retails Ltd                        |
|    146 | Maharashtra  | M/s Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd                    |
|    147 | Maharashtra  | JSW Energy Ltd                                  |
|    148 | Maharashtra  | JSW Steel Ltd                                   |
|    149 | Maharashtra  | M/s Novo Nordisc India Pvt. Ltd                 |
|    150 | Maharashtra  | M/s Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd.                   |
|    151 | Karnataka    | Managalore Refinery and Petro Chemicals Limited |
|    152 | Karnataka    | Udupi Power Corporation Ltd                     |
|    153 | Karnataka    | Volvo India Pvt. Ltd                            |
|    154 | Karnataka    | M/s Hewlett Packard India Sales P Ltd           |
|    155 | Karnataka    | M/s Hewlett Packard India Sales P Ltd           |

|   156. | M/s Rajesh Exports Ltd                                           |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    157 | M/s Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.                                       |
|    158 | M/s Bharati Airtel                                               |
|    159 | Tital Sea & Air Services Pvt. Ltd                                |
|    160 | ITC Ltd                                                          |
|    161 | Rajesh Exports                                                   |
|    162 | M/s Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd                                       |
|    163 | Dish Infra Services Pvt. Ltd                                     |
|    164 | M/s Siti Networks Ltd.                                           |
|    165 | M/s IBM India Pvt. Ltd.                                          |
|    166 | Toyota Kirloskar Motor pvt. Ltd                                  |
|    167 | M/s Bharti Telemedia Ltd.                                        |
|    168 | M/s Hyundai Motor India Pvt. Ltd                                 |
|    169 | M/s Vikas Sharma                                                 |
|    170 | M/s A.L. Metals Pvt. Ltd.                                        |
|    171 | M/s Denso Haryana                                                |
|    172 | M/s Department of Atomic Energy,Directorate Purchase and Stores, |
|    173 | Electrosteel Steels Limited                                      |
|    174 | M/s Electrosteel Steels Ltd                                      |
|    175 | Shree Ganesh Jewellery House Ltd.                                |
|    176 | M/s Apar Industries Ltd.                                         |
|    177 | M/s Bharat Aluminum Corporation Ltd.                             |
|    178 | Videocon Industries Ltd                                          |
|    179 | Rajesh Mishra/Jinesh Vikram                                      |
|    180 | Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.                                 |
|    181 | Johnson Mathey India Pvt. Ltd.                                   |
|    182 | Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd                                        |
|    183 | M/s G.D. Mangalam Exim Pvt. Ltd                                  |
|    184 | M/s Yogmaya Traders Pvt. Ltd.                                    |
|    185 | M/s Sidh designers Pvt. Ltd.                                     |
|    186 | M/s Konark Exim Pvt. Ltd                                         |
|    187 | M/s DSM International                                            |
|    188 | M/s Happy Acoustic & Ors.                                        |
|    189 | M/s Ocean Impex & Ors                                            |

## Annexure-B

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Entities                                 |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Prabhat Zarda Factory Ltd.                           |
|         2 | Wellknown Group (Unit-I,IV,V, WSPL & Manager)        |
|         3 | Bhilosa Industries Pvt Ltd.                          |
|         4 | Reliance Industries Ltd., Gujarat                    |
|         5 | Reliance Industries Ltd., Gujarat                    |
|         6 | Gillette India Ltd.                                  |
|         7 | Tata Steel Ltd.                                      |
|         8 | JSW Ispat Steel Ltd.                                 |
|         9 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                    |
|        10 | John Deere India Pvt. Ltd.                           |
|        11 | ReGen Powertech Private Ltd.                         |
|        12 | VHCL Industries Ltd.                                 |
|        13 | Reliance Industries Ltd., Gujarat                    |
|        14 | Vishnu Pouch packaging Pvt. Ltd.(unit-I)             |
|        15 | MOIL                                                 |
|        16 | Reliance Industries Ltd., Maharashtra                |
|        17 | New Kamath Tobacco Pvt. Ltd.                         |
|        18 | Kay Pan Sugandh                                      |
|        19 | Rungta Mines Ltd.                                    |
|        20 | Harsingar Gutkha Pvt. Ltd.                           |
|        21 | Yogesh Associates                                    |
|        22 | Shree Meenakshi Food Products Pvt. Ltd.              |
|        23 | Uma Textiles Processor                               |
|        24 | Essar Steel Ltd.                                     |
|        25 | General Motors                                       |
|        26 | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.                          |
|        27 | Escorts Limited (Agro Machinary Group) Tractor Plant |
|        28 | Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.                             |
|        29 | MRPL                                                 |
|        30 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.                    |
|        31 | Fiat India Automobiles Pvt.Ltd.                      |
|        32 | Thermax Ltd.                                         |

|   33. | Bajaj Auto Ltd.                              |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|
|    34 | LG Electronics India Pvt.Ltd.                |
|    35 | Mercedez India Pvt.Ltd                       |
|    36 | Thermax Ltd.                                 |
|    37 | Mahanadi Coal Field Ltd.                     |
|    38 | Bonai Industrial Co Pvt. Ltd.                |
|    39 | Khatau Narbheram & Co.                       |
|    40 | Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.               |
|    41 | Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.               |
|    42 | Cairn India Ltd.                             |
|    43 | Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.          |
|    44 | Eastern Coalfield Ltd.                       |
|    45 | Eastern Coalfield Ltd.                       |
|    46 | M/s Huawei Telecommunication India Pvt. Ltd. |
|    47 | M/s J.B. Overseas                            |
|    48 | M/s Hyundai Motor India Pvt. Ltd             |
|    49 | M/s Pernod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd             |
|    50 | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd (100% EOU)       |
|    51 | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd                  |
|    52 | M/s Reliance Industries Ltd                  |
|    53 | Essar Power Gujarat Limited                  |
|    54 | VVF Ltd                                      |
|    55 | Trisuns Chemical Industries & Others         |
|    56 | M/s Vodafone India Ltd & Others              |
|    57 | JSW Energy Ltd                               |
|    58 | JSW Steel Ltd                                |
|    59 | M/s Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd.                |
|    60 | Udupi Power Corporation Ltd                  |
|    61 | Volvo India Pvt. ltd                         |
|    62 | M/s Hewlett Packard India Sales P Ltd        |
|    63 | M/s Hewlett Packard India Sales P Ltd        |
|    64 | M/s Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.                   |
|    65 | M/s Bharati Airtel                           |
|    66 | Electrosteel Steels Limited                  |
|    67 | M/s Electrosteel Steels Ltd                  |
|    68 | Videocon Industries Ltd                      |
|    69 | Rajesh Mishra/Jinesh Vikram                  |
|    70 | Johnson Mathey India Pvt. Ltd.               |
|    71 | M/s Ocean Impex & Ors                        |