E-way bill roll-out from April 1; no decision on GST return simplification

The GST e-way bill, to track the inter-state movement of consignments worth over Rs 50,000, will be rolled out on April 1, two months after the first attempt to introduce it

The goods and services tax (GST) e-way bill, to track the interstate movement of consignments worth over Rs 50,000, will be rolled out on April 1, two months after the first attempt to introduce it. When it was initially rolled out on February 1, the GST portal had crashed, leading to the e-way bill being withdrawn.

The bill for tracking intrastate movement of consignments will be rolled out in phases. The returns simplification and the reverse-charge mechanism, a system to track buyers when sellers are unregistered, will also be deferred by three months.

The GST Council decided on these issues