E-way bill mandated for intra-state goods movement from April 2018

The system has been designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).

New Delhi: Governments vision to have “one nation one tax”, Goods and Service Tax implemented in July 2017, further towards monitoring and regulate the goods movement Government mandated the e-Way bill¹, effect from 1^st April 2018. No consignment valued above allowed to move the goods from one state to another state without e-Way bill.

To ensure a foolproof system, the GSTN has activated only that facility on its portal where e-way bill can be generated when goods are transported from one state to another by either road, railways, airways or vessels. e-way bill provision of the goods and services tax (GST) was introduced on February 1.

The platform has been made more robust and as many as 75 lakh inter-state e-way bills could be generated daily without any glitch. The system has been designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC)². NIC has conducted extensive tests so that it doesn't develop snag at the last moment.

Electronic Way Bill (E-Way Bill) is basically a compliance mechanism wherein by way of a digital interface the person causing the movement of goods uploads the relevant information prior to the commencement of movement of goods and generates e-way bill on the GST portal. Rule 138 of the CGST Rules, 2017 provides for the e-way bill mechanism.