New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) Post successful implementation of e-way bill for inter-state movement of goods and intra-state movement of goods for selected states, the GST council has announced the third phase of generation of e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods from April 25, for four states including Madhya Pradesh and Union Territory Puducherry.

So far, 12 states have launched the e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods and now, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Union Territory Puducherry are on the list.

The electronic way or e-way bill for inter-state movement of goods valued over Rs 50,000 was rolled out on 1 April. Karnataka was the sole state to start intra-state e-way bill on the same day.

While 5 other states- Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala rolled out intra-state e-way bill from 15 April.

Later on, 6 more states-Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tripura joined in from 20 April.

Since the roll out of e-way bill for inter-state movement of goods from 1 April and intra-state from 15 April, more than 1.84 crore such bills have been successfully generated till April 22.

GSTN, CEO Prakash Kumar, informed the press that the e-way bill is working smoothly as it has been designed with a view to take heavy loads in peak hours.

Since its roll out, the platform has been made more robust so that it can handle load of as many as 75 lakh inter-state e-way bills daily without any glitch, he added. (KNN/YV)