GST on the Highway

Hopping on to a truck carrying consumer durables from Sriperumbudur to Bhiwandi, N Madhavan discovers how GST, despite hiccups, has transformed goods movement on India’s southern highways The wait was frustrating. The truck, which had entered the factory of a consumer durables company near Sriperumbudur to load the wares, emerged after almost 20 hours. It was 7.40 pm on May 1, Wednesday, when this…