Implementation of National E-Way bill ‘must’ before June 1: MoS Finance Shukla

New Delhi, Mar 7 (KNN) As per the decision of the GST Council, the States may choose any date before 1st June, 2018 for implementing the national e-way bill system for Intra-State movement of goods but all States shall implement it latest by 1st June, 2018, Minister of State for Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla said.

Earlier on the recommendations of the GST Council, appointed the 1st day of February, 2018, as the date from which the provisions of the e-way bill rules shall come into force for inter-State movement of goods.

However, in view of the difficulties faced by the trade in generating the e-way bill due to initial technological glitches, it was 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.
 
Talking to KNN, Naveen Gupta, Secretary General of All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) said that the complications in the operational part of the mechanism is a problem that the government should look at.

Explaining further, Gupta said the timeline prescribed for the movement of goods is not practical and the authority must consider that transportation involves different steps including consolidation and segregation that consumes time.

He further said that during the trial phase itself, there have been reports of harassment and inspector raj. This stands against the easy movement go goods principle that the mechanism promised to bring in.

Also the concern of the transporter with regard to part load is yet to be addressed by the GST authority, Gupta added”.

E Way Bill is an electronically generated document required to be generated for the movement of goods of value more than Rs 50,000 between states. (With PIB Inputs) (KNN/DA)