Government defers compulsory E-way bill

Government defers compulsory E-way bill application, trial to continue 

With the E-way bill generation platform facing technical glitches, the Government on Thursday said it is extending the trial period for e-way bill. However, the government has not clarified how long the trial will run.

"In view of difficulties faced by the trade in generating e-way bill due to initial tech glitches, it has been decided to extend the trial phase for generation of e-way bill, both for inter and intra-State movement of goods. It shall be made compulsory from a date to be announced further.

E-way bill become mandatory from ( 1st feb. 2018) but throughout the day there have report of the platform crashing. Some companies have complained that moving goods had come to a standstill.

The trial period of E-way bill had started on January 15.

The GST server was unresponsive since morning and gave unnerving moments to the logistics teams of the taxpayers who were apprehensive on movement of goods without E-way bill. Availability of system 24*7 on real time basis is crucial, unlike monthly return filing system.