After eWay bills, govt plans chip based tags for movt of goods, traders sceptical about implementation

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) Under the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST), the e-Way billing is introduced to enable better movement of goods across the country. To boost this further, there are reports that the government might introduce tech based RFID chips and QR codes tags for the consignments. 

While the move is a long term project and is being seen as a good move, traders worry about the implementation.

Talking to KNN, Delhi based MSME entrepreneur Pankaj Bansal, Director of TMA International said that the Goods and Services Tax has indeed facilitated the movement of goods as there has been abolition of the different taxes that existed across different states in the country.

“The GST has enabled smoother movement, thus helping the traders cut on both cost and time” he said.

Commenting upon the plans of deploying high tech RFID chips and QR codes to tag goods as they move, he said that this would further help in easing the trade along the route. 

Not only will it ensure easy movement, it will also eliminate the probability of inspector raj. He however raised speculations over the practicality of the plan.

IT infrastructure in the country is not satisfactory, RFID chips need tech based detectors and also trained people to handle it which is going to be difficult for the government to facilitate. Also the government should not introduce it as blanket implementation; initially it should be on a trial basis so that the trade doesn’t get affected in case the plan doesn’t work well. (KNN/ DA)