Setback for GST: Need e-permit to be flashed at State Borders

The revolution the proposed goods and services tax (GST) promised might not be all that rosy because it would be hobbled by the need for an e-permit to be flashed at inter-state borders as the states insisted the old analogue practices continue. The states seem to have gotten their way and will continue with the old ‘permit raj’ system, undermining one the biggest gains of GST. Though the paper pe…