"Trucks (carrying goods) are saving 30 per cent (travel) time post GST as check posts have been removed. "Efficiency has increased in transport sector by 30 per cent and because of GST such a big change has happened," he said. GST has removed inter-state barriers to convert India into a single market where goods and services can flow seamlessly. He said the steps taken by the government will benefit the country and with GST the country will benefit. "And that is why we focused on cooperative federalism and now competitive cooperative federalism.

Source: Economic Times August 15, 2017 06:22 UTC