Truckers not lifting goods for supplier without GST number

There was a steep decline in transporters' business even a month before goods and services tax (GST) came into force. Earlier, it was due to confusion among traders on applicability of the new tax. Now, it is because truckers are not lifting the goods if the supplier does not have a GST registration. "This has led to hundreds of empty trucks getting stranded at the depots or highways with business…