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Kolkata: State Finance minister Amit Mitra said on Thursday that incidents of fraud worth Rs 45,000 crore have taken place in the country, following the introduction of GST by the Centre. Referring to a written reply by a Minister of State in the Union government on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Mitra pointed out that incidents of GST fraud worth Rs 45,000 crore have taken place. A Union minister, in response to a question in the Parliament, had issued a written reply accepting the fact, added Mitra. He would take up the issue with the Centre while attending the GST council meeting in Goa, Mitra told the gathering. No bandhs have taken place in the state in the past few years and the loss of man-days has been zero percent," he said..