The reason for glitches, according to a senior NIC official, was that the estimation of the expected load was erroneous. The GST Council had also approved early implementation of the e-way bill system and decided on rolling out the system on a voluntary basis for use by trade and transporters from January 16. The Council approved June 1 as the deadline for both inter-state and intra-state movement of goods. States have the option to choose their own deadlines for the implementation of the e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods before June 1, 2018. Speaking to The Indian Express in an interview on February 2, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia had said about the e-way bill system glitches: “If we have so far waited for six months, we will wait for five to ten days more.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2018 19:07 UTC