GST impact: Trucks' travel time in interstate movement drops 20%, says govt

The unified tax regime has obviated the need for inter- state check posts

Post-GST, travel time for long-haul trucks have reduced by at least a fifth, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has said.
 

"A typical truck spent 20 per cent of its runtime at interstate checkposts (pre GST)...Inter-state check posts removed, travel time of long-haul trucks, other cargo vehicles cut by at least one-fifth," the Ministry has said in a recent report.
 

On an average, a truck in India runs an annual distance of 60,000 kms, as against 200,000 km in the West.
 

The Ministry said trucks earlier took 50-65 hours in reaching Kolkata from Chennai and the travel time now stands reduced