Last updated: 28 September 2026

FINE Imposed (till 13 May 2025)^[1]
-- Rs 9.07 crore fine imposed against bills with discrepancies
-- Rs 7.31 crore already recovered (Oct 2025)^[2]

800 Fake firms were exposed in first 2 months with this Scheme^[3]

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

New from Oct 2025: Quarterly bumper prizes of Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 & Rs 25,000; service-sector bills (restaurants, salons etc.) to be added^[2:1]
-- April-Aug 2025: 1,263 winners got Rs 78.1 lakh^[2:2]

¶ IMPACT^[4]

ACTION on invalid bills(till 12 July 2024)
-- 1604 Notices issued to concerned vendors
-- 711 notices resolved

• 'Mera Bill App' led to 123 new GST registrations, indicating a positive trend in tax compliance

¶ Reward for participation

Huge Public Participation: 1,27,509 bills uploaded to the app till 15 Dec 2024^[5]

• Maximum 10 prizes per taxation district (29 taxation districts in the state) i.e. 290 rewards each month^[6]
• Reward will 5 times the bill amount with maximum capping of Rs 10,000^[6:1]
• List of winners annouced every month on the website of the taxation department and the winners will also be informed through the mobile app^[6:2]

REFERENCES:

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1. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-billing-scam-ludhiana-leads-fake-invoices-9999591/ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://www.rozanaspokesman.com/news/punjab/281025/punjab-to-launch-quarterly-bumper-prize-of-rs-1-lakh-under-bill-liy.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

3. https://www.punjabijagran.com/punjab/chandigarh-800-fake-firms-have-been-exposed-under-the-bill-bring-reward-scheme-says-cheema-9306933.html ↩︎

4. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=187673 ↩︎

5. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjabs-bill-liayo-inam-pao-scheme-over-3k-rewarded-with-prizes-worth-2-crore-101734289701999.html ↩︎

6. https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/punjab-cm-launches-mera-bill-app-to-reward-gst-payment-on-invoice-123082100877_1.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎