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Government claims smooth roll out of e-Way Bill system from 1st April 2018

Smooth roll out of e-Way Bill system from 1st April, 2018 
In a press release issued today, the Government has claimed that e-way bill systems which became effective from 1st April, 2018 has sailed smoothly. The Govt. has relied on statistics of e-way bills generated and taxpayers registered on e-way bill portal.
PRESS RELEASE

As per decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system became mandatory from 01stApril, 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. Further20,057transportershave 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 isa 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
  01-04-2018 02-04-2018 (till 2PM)
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

Source: Press Release MoF

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