As per the decision of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the e-Way Bill system has become mandatory from April 1, 2018 for all inter-state movement of goods. The implementation of the nationwide e-Way Bill mechanism under GST regime is being done by GSTN in association with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and is being run on the portal https://ewaybillgst.gov.in.
Heralding a paradigm shift in the movement of goods from one state to another, the trial run for e-way bills under the current GST regime was started on January 16, 2018 for the entire country.
A total of 10,96,905 taxpayers have registered on the e-Way Bill portal till date. A further 19,796 transporters, who are not registered under GST, have also enrolled themselves on the portal. 1,71,503 e-WayBills have been successfully generated on the portal from 00:00 hours till 17:00 hours of April 1, 2018.
To answer queries of taxpayers and transporters, the Central helpdesk of GST has made special arrangements with 100 agents exclusively dedicated to responding to 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 vehicles 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 bill. The recipient can also reject the e-Way Bill within its validity period or 72 hours of generation of the bill by the consignor, whichever is earlier.
