PROGRESS IN GENERATION OF E-WAY BILL
The Goods and Services Tax Act
2017 came into force with effect from 1.7.2017.
After introduction of Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017, for movement of goods valued above Rs. 50,000.00 Electronic
Way Bill i.e. E-Way Bill has been prescribed and the generation of E-Way bill
is mandatory with effect from 1.4.2018.
The Government has launched E-Way
Bill System and the Central Government has announced about the Smooth
introduction of e-Way Bill bill from 1.4.2018 and also disclosed about the progress
in E-Way Bill Generation during 1.4.2018 and 2.4.2018 which is given below for ready reference:
PRESS RELEASE
01st April, 2018
Subject: Smooth
roll out of e-Way Bill system from 01st April, 2018
As
per decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system became mandatory from today
i.e. 01st April, 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
portal namely
https://ewaybillgst.gov.in.
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.
A total of 10,96,905 taxpayers have registered on e-Way Bill Portal till date. Further
19,796 transporters, who are not registered under GST, have enrolled themselves on the e-
Way
Bill Portal. 1,71,503 e-waybills have been successfully generated on the portal from
00:00
hours till 17:00 hrs of 1st April,
2018.
To answer
queries of taxpayers and transporters, the Central helpdesk of GST has made
special arrangements with 100
agents exclusively dedicated to answer 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 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 validity period of e-way
bill
or 72 hours of generation of the e-way
bill
by the consignor whichever is earlier.
PRESS RELEASE
02nd April, 2018
Subject: Smooth roll out of e-Way Bill system from 01st April, 2018
As per decision of the GST Council, e-Way
Bill system became mandatory from 01st April, 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
portal namely
https://ewaybillgst.gov.in.
On day-1, total of 2.59
lakh e-Way Bills were generated on the e-way
bill
portal. Till
2:00 pm today, 2,04,563 e-way bills have been
generated. A total of 11,18,292 taxpayers have registered on e-Way
Bill Portal till date. Further 20,057 transporters, who are
not registered under GST, have enrolled
themselves on the e-Way Bill
Portal.
To assist and answer queries of taxpayers and transporters, the Central helpdesk of
GST has made special arrangements with 100 agents exclusively dedicated to answer queries
related to e-way bills.
Separately, state
tax authorities have started helpdesk
in local language,
details of which are available on the GST portal. Central as well as State Tax Authorities have declared Nodal Officers for e-way
bills. Detailed FAQs are kept on the portal for the
guidance of the
users.
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 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 validity period of e-way
bill
or 72 hours of generation of the e-way
bill
by the consignor whichever is
earlier.
State-wise breakup of e-Way
Bills
generated
Number of
e-Way Bills
Generated
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01-04-2018
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02-04-2018 (till
2PM)
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State Name
|
No. of EWBs
|
No. of EWBs
|
JAMMU AND
KASMIR
|
384
|
268
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
2838
|
1716
|
PUNJAB
|
9342
|
2028
|
CHANDIGARH
|
1319
|
1000
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
6622
|
3016
|
HARYANA
|
21131
|
14985
|
DELHI
|
15376
|
11731
|
RAJASTHAN
|
20937
|
10822
|
UTTAR
PRADESH
|
16891
|
8471
|
BIHAR
|
1598
|
697
|
SIKKIM
|
14
|
79
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
5
|
15
|
NAGALAND
|
14
|
13
|
MANIPUR
|
6
|
0
|
MIZORAM
|
0
|
7
|
TRIPURA
|
36
|
15
|
MEGHALAYA
|
689
|
445
|
ASSAM
|
1433
|
956
|
WEST BENGAL
|
8834
|
5207
|
JHARKHAND
|
3539
|
1488
|
ORISSA
|
2619
|
1265
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
2864
|
1490
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
5971
|
2573
|
GUJARAT
|
37646
|
40966
|
DAMAN AND DIU
|
2420
|
1326
|
DADAR AND NAGAR
HAVELI
|
4079
|
1303
|
MAHARASTRA
|
32828
|
22823
|
KARNATAKA
|
29558
|
47185
|
GOA
|
298
|
311
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
0
|
0
|
KERALA
|
2611
|
1329
|
TAMIL NADU
|
13944
|
13381
|
PONDICHERRY
|
731
|
671
|
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
|
2
|
0
|
TELENGANA
|
6475
|
3838
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
6430
|
3143
|
259484
|
204563
|