Government clarifies on e-way bill due to rollout from Sunday

New Delhi March 31 (IANS) A single electronic way (e-way) bill will apply even in cases of a break in journey to destination and where more than one transporter is involved in the transportation of goods under e-way bill system slated to roll out from April 1 the government said on Saturday.

While the e-way bill is being implemented from Sunday for inter-state transportation for intra-state movement of goods the new system would be launched in two weeks time Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia had announced on Wednesday.

"It is clarified that in only one e-way bill would be required " a Finance Ministry release here said citing the example of a break in journey involving a third city and which has been undertaken by two transporters.

"In such a scenario Transporter A will assign the said e-way bill to Transporter B who will fill the details of his vehicle and move the goods " it said.

In this connection the ministry also "clarified that the validity period of e-way bill starts only after the e-way bill details are updated by the transporter for the first time".

The e-way bill introduced under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime will apply to inter-state transportation of goods worth over Rs 50 000 through road railways airways and vessels.

In view of the difficulties faced by the traders in generating the e-way bill due to initial technical glitches in the GST Network it was earlier decided by the GST Council to extend the trial phase for generation of e-way bills both for inter-state and intra-state movement of goods.

In its meeting last month a group of ministers headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi recommended April 1 as the date for compulsory implementation of the system for inter-state goods movement.

--IANS
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