Last updated: 13 May 2025
FINE Imposed (till 13 May 2025)[1]
-- Rs 9.07 crore fine imposed against bills with discrepancies
-- Rs 7.20 crore already recoverd800 Fake firms were exposed in first 2 months with this Scheme[2]
WINNERS: 4,880 consumers have collectively WON Rs 2.89 crores cash prizes till 13 May 2025[1:1]
Scheme is to encourage people to insist on the receipts and check evasion of GST by traders and shopkeepers
‘Mera Bill App’ Launched by CM Bhagwant Mann on 21 Aug 2023
ACTION on invalid bills(till 12 July 2024)
-- 1604 Notices issued to concerned vendors
-- 711 notices resolved
Huge Public Participation: 1,27,509 bills uploaded to the app till 15 Dec 2024[4]
REFERENCES:
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-billing-scam-ludhiana-leads-fake-invoices-9999591/ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.punjabijagran.com/punjab/chandigarh-800-fake-firms-have-been-exposed-under-the-bill-bring-reward-scheme-says-cheema-9306933.html ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjabs-bill-liayo-inam-pao-scheme-over-3k-rewarded-with-prizes-worth-2-crore-101734289701999.html ↩︎
https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/punjab-cm-launches-mera-bill-app-to-reward-gst-payment-on-invoice-123082100877_1.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
