GST impact: Queues of trucks across 22 states get shorter

22 states abolish commercial tax check posts; remaining states to follow

The roll-out of the goods and services tax (GST), which subsumed all the major central and state taxes, will ensure smooth movement of trucks across state borders. 

Border commercial tax check posts have been abolished in 22 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, West Bengal, Delhi, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, after the GST launch on July 1. 

Also, eight states — Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Mizoram and Tripura — are in the process of removing them, an official statement said here on Monday. However, there will still be toll