GST e-way bill should be mandatory from April 1, suggests Sushil Modi
The GST provision requiring transporters to carry an electronic way bill or e-way bill when moving goods between states should be implemented from April 1, a group of state finance ministers recommended on Saturday.
GoM head and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said the requirement for intra-state movement of goods of more than Rs 50,000 value would be introduced in phases after assessing the response for inter-state movement.
After implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, the requirement of carrying e-way bill was postponed pending IT network readiness.
It was implemented from February 1 but the system crashed and its implementation was deferred.
Modi said the recommendation of the panel would be considered by the GST Council at its meeting on March 10.