The Finance Ministry has said that 1,71,503 E-Way Bills were successfully generated on the portal from 00:00 hours till 17:00 hrs today.
Total of 10,96,905 taxpayers has registered on e-Way Bill Portal till date. 19,796 transporters, who are not registered under GST, have enrolled themselves on e-Way Bill Portal.
Heralding a paradigm shift in movement of goods from one State to another, trial run for e-way bills under the current GST regime was started on 16th January 2018 for the entire country.
Earlier, E-Way Bill system became mandatory from today for all Inter-State movement of goods. Implementation of the nationwide e-Way Bill mechanism under GST regime is being done by GSTN in association with NIC.
From today onwards, transporters and businesses have to be the caution to carry Electronic or E-way bill for the movements of Goods. The businesses that carry goods having a worth more than 50000 should have to keep E-way bill for inter-state movements of goods.
Electronic way Bill system will help the Government to track all the inter-State movement of goods worth above Rs 50000/-.
With the introduction of e-way mechanism, the Government aims to bring transparency and accountability in transactions which would eventually curb tax evasion and thereby protect the interests of Revenue.
Earlier, the Government launched the E-way Bill on 1st February 2018. However, the same was withdrawn due to some major glitches in the common portal.
To answer queries from taxpayers and transporters, the Central helpdesk of GST has made special arrangements with 100 agents exclusively dedicated to answering queries related to e-way bills.
E-way Bill can be generated through various modes like Web (Online), Android App, SMS, using Bulk Upload Tool and API based site to site integration etc. Consolidated e-way Bill can be generated by transporters for the vehicle carrying multiple consignments.
Transporters can create multiple Sub-Users and allocate roles to them. This way large transporters can declare their various offices as sub-users.
There is a provision for cancellation of e-way Bill within 24 hours by the person who has generated the e-way Bill. The recipient can also reject the e-way Bill within the validity period of the e-way bill or 72 hours of generation of the e-way bill by the consignor whichever is earlier.
