Over 1.7 lakh e-way bills generated on inter-state E-way bill launch day; real load test tomorrow
The E-way bill system for inter-state movement of goods came into effect on Sunday nationwide.
Reports say that over 1.71 lakh interstate e-way bill was generated on Sunday.
Though it was a first day of the implementation, according to reports, the Goods and Services Tax network (GSTN) has claimed it to be a success so far.
However, experts say that the system would face the real test on Monday as the number of e-way bills generated in Monday is quite less compared to weekdays.
Starting from Sunday, business and transporters have to produce before a GST inspector e-way bill in order to move goods worth over 50,000 rupees from one state to another.
The finance ministry said that "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-way bills have been successfully generated on the portal from 00:00 hours till 17:00 hrs of 1st Apri, 2018," the ministry added.
Done by GSTN in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC) the e-way bill mechanism runs on this portal.
https://ewaybillgst.Gov.In.
Karnataka has already implemented this system since December last year to move goods within the state.
First introduced on February 1, the Good and Services Tax e-way bill's implemntation was put on hold after the system developed flitches in generating permits as the several states starting to generate intra-state e-way bills.
(With inputs from PTI)