Road ministry plans ₹4K­cr overhaul of 80 check posts

NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry is considering a ₹4,000 crore overhaul of around 80 border check posts across the country to ensure seamless

NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry is considering a ₹4,000 crore overhaul of around 80 border check posts across the country to ensure seamless flow of goods ahead of the implementation of goods and services tax (GST).

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An app to link check posts under state governments as well as the Centre is also in the works, the government has said.

“The ministry would be one of the biggest contributors towards the GST regime. There are check posts under the state government as well as the central government. We are going to link them and are developing an app for it,” road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said.

The government is keen to implement the biggest tax reform from April 1 next year. GST aims to iron out a multi-layered indirect tax system by subsuming all other indirect taxes.

The minister said once the GST was rolled out, it would facilitate the interstate movement of goods and therefore, the need has been felt to augment border check posts. State border check posts, which scrutinise material and location-based tax compliance, often stretch the transit time of goods by hours.