Relief to truckers as 22 states scrap check posts post GST rollout
04 Jul 2017
With the onset of the goods and services tax (GST), 22 states have already removed check The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on 1st of July 2017. With the roll-out of the GST, 22 States in India have abolished their check posts. The details are as under -
States, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have already removed boundary check posts, easing the flow of goods and services.
States where check posts are in the process of being abolished include: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Mizoram and Tripura.
posts at interstate boundaries while 8 more are in the process of scrapping them, offering a huge relief for trucks which otherwise have to queue up for hours to get their consignments and papers checked, causing delays and adding to costs.
The rollout of the GST across the country has been smooth with the abolition of check posts adding to the efforts to ensure that the changeover to the new tax regime is hassle-free and least disruptive for businesses and consumers.
The GST was rolled out on 1 July 2017. With the roll-out of the GST, 22 states in India have abolished their check posts.
States, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have already removed boundary check posts, easing the flow of goods and services.
States where check posts are in the process of being abolished include: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Mizoram and Tripura.
A session of the assembly of J&K, which is yet to enact the law+ for the implementation of GST, has been convened on Tuesday to consider approving the legislation.
Sources in the finance ministry said that there has been no inflationary impact of the new tax regime: an assertion which was significantly endorsed by the CPM-led government in Kerala.
The LDF government issued a statement in Thiruvananthapuram saying prices of more than 100 products have been brought down under GST. State finance minister T M Thomas Isaac came out with the list of products to counter widespread complaints that there was no positive impact of GST in the state.
Union cabinet secretary P K Sinha has reviewed the post-GST implementation situation with the secretaries and senior officials of different ministries and departments. He has urged cabinet secretaries at states to take up the responsibility of addressing GST-related issues of their respective stakeholders, trade and industry. He asked them to coordinate with state government officials to ensure smooth implementation of the tax measure.
Sinha also asked all departments to ensure that there is no shortage of products and commodities especially consumer items in order to keep the prices under check.
The cabinet secretary also urged officials to ensure that retailers, dealers and shopkeepers display the post-GST prices of different items being sold by them. He said each department and ministry should make sure that benefits of GST are passed on to consumers which would help keep inflation under control.
