e-Way Bill System

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The Group of Finance Ministers has approved bringing the intra-state movement of gold within the ambit of the e-Way bill.

About E-way bill

E-Way Bill is an electronic way bill for movement of goods which can be generated on the e-Way Bill Portal
Transport of goods of more than Rs. 50,000 (Single Invoice/bill/delivery challan) in value in a vehicle cannot be made by a registered person without an eway bill
When an e-way bill is generated a unique e-way bill number (EBN) is allocated and is available to the supplier, recipient, and the transporter
An e-way bill is valid for 1 day for distance less Than 100 Kms and additional 1 day for every additional 100 Kms or part thereof
The validity of the E-way bill can be extended.

Objectives of E-way bill system

Single and unified E-way bill for inter-State and intra-State movement of goods for the whole country in self-service mode,
Enabling paperless and fully online system to facilitate seamless movement of goods across all the States,
Improve service delivery with quick turnaround time for the entire supply chain and provide anytime anywhere access to data/services,
To facilitate hassle free movement of goods by abolishing inter-State check posts across the country.
The Government undertook various corrective steps in this regard viz., new Information Technology (IT) infrastructure including high end servers were installed to handle the increased load on the system.
The upgraded system is capable of handling a peak load of 75 lakh E-way bills per day.