As per decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system became mandatory from 01^stApril, 2018  for all inter-State movement of goods. The implementation of the nationwide e-Way Bill mechanism under GST regime is being done by GSTN in association with the National Informatics Centre (NIC)and is being run on portal namely https://ewaybillgst.gov.in.

On day-1, total of 2.59 lakh e-Way Bills were generated on the e-way bill portal. Till 2:00 pm today, 2,04,563 e-way bills have been generated. A total of 11,18,292 taxpayers have registered on e-Way Bill Portal till date. Further 20,057 transporters have enrolled themselves on the e-Way Bill Portal.

To assist and answer queries of taxpayers and transporters, the Central helpdesk of GST has made special arrangements with 100 agents exclusively dedicated to answer queries related to e-way bills. Separately, state tax authorities have started help desk in local language, details of which are available on the GST portal. Central as well as State Tax Authorities have declared Nodal Officers for e-way bills. Detailed FAQs are kept on the portal for the guidance of the users.

E-way Bill can be generated through various modes like Web (Online), Android App, SMS, using Bulk Upload Tool and API based site to site integration etc. Consolidated e-way Bill can be generated by transporters for vehicle carrying multiple consignments.

Transporters can create multiple Sub-Users and allocate roles to them. This way large transporters can declare their various offices as sub-users.

There isa provision for cancellation of e-way Bill within 24 hours by the person who has generated the e-way Bill. The recipient can also reject the e-way Bill within validity period of e-way bill or 72 hours of generation of the e-way bill by the consignor whichever is earlier.

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State-wise breakup of e-Way Bills generated 

Number of e-Way Bills Generated
	01-04-2018	02-04-2018 (till 2PM)
State Name	No. of EWBs	No. of EWBs
JAMMU AND KASMIR	384	268
HIMACHAL PRADESH	2838	1716
PUNJAB	9342	2028
CHANDIGARH	1319	1000
UTTARAKHAND	6622	3016
HARYANA	21131	14985
DELHI	15376	11731
RAJASTHAN	20937	10822
UTTAR PRADESH	16891	8471
BIHAR	1598	697
SIKKIM	14	79
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	5	15
NAGALAND	14	13
MANIPUR	6	0
MIZORAM	0	7
TRIPURA	36	15
MEGHALAYA	689	445
ASSAM	1433	956
WEST BENGAL	8834	5207
JHARKHAND	3539	1488
ORISSA	2619	1265
CHHATTISGARH	2864	1490
MADHYA PRADESH	5971	2573
GUJARAT	37646	40966
DAMAN AND DIU	2420	1326
DADAR AND NAGAR HAVELI	4079	1303
MAHARASTRA	32828	22823
KARNATAKA	29558	47185
GOA	298	311
LAKSHADWEEP	0	0
KERALA	2611	1329
TAMIL NADU	13944	13381
PONDICHERRY	731	671
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR	2	0
TELENGANA	6475	3838
ANDHRA PRADESH	6430	3143
	259484	204563

e-Way Bill mandatory for inter-state movement under GST; portal enables multi-channel generation and transporter role management. The e-Way Bill system is mandatory for inter-State movement of goods under GST, operated on a national portal with multiple generation modes (web, app, SMS, bulk upload, API), consolidated bills for multi-consignment vehicles, transporter sub-user role management, and procedural controls allowing cancellation within 24 hours and recipient rejection within the bill's validity or an earlier statutory window.