The Ministry of Finance today announced that the five more States will rollout E-Way Bill for intra-State movement of goods from 25th April 2018. As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for Inter-State movement of goods has been rolled – out from 01st April 2018. As on 20th April 2018, e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods has been rolled-out in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. E-Way Bills are getting generated successfully and till 22nd April 2018 more than one crore eighty-four lakh e-Way Bills have been successfully generated which includes more than twenty-two lakh e-Way Bills for Intra-State movement of goods.
The Government, in a statement, informed that e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods would be implemented from 25th April 2018 in Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Puducherry.
With the roll-out of e-Way Bill system in these States / Union Territory, it is expected that trade and industry will be further facilitated insofar as the transport of goods is concerned, thereby eventually paving the way for a nation-wide single e-Way Bill system. Trade and industry and transporters located in these States/Union Territory may obtain registration /enrollment on e-Way Bill portal namely https://www.ewaybillgst.gov.in at the earliest without waiting for the last date.
