An E-Way Bill (EWB) is short for Electronic Way Bill. A person registered under GST is required to generate one if they wish to transport goods in a vehicle where the value exceeds Rs. 50,000 in a single invoice/bill or a delivery challan. The objective of introducing EWBs is to allow a common permit for the movement of goods throughout the country.
The E-Way Bill login portal is a common portal by the government for taxpayers and transporters to generate and cancel e-way bills.
Latest Update
29th August 2021
From 1st May 2021 to 18th August 2021, the taxpayers will not face blocking of e-way bills for non-filing of GSTR-1 or GSTR-3B (two months or more for monthly filer and one quarter or more for QRMP taxpayers) for March 2021 to May 2021.
4th August 2021
Blocking of e-way bills due to non-filing of GSTR-3B resumes from 15th August 2021.
1st June 2021
1. The e-way bill portal, in its release notes, has clarified that a suspended GSTIN cannot generate an e-way bill. However, a suspended GSTIN as a recipient or as a transporter can get a generated e-way bill.
2. the mode of transport ‘Ship’ has now been updated to ‘Ship/Road cum Ship’ so that the user can enter a vehicle number where goods are initially moved by road and a bill of lading number and date for movement by ship. This will help in availing the ODC benefits for movement using ships and facilitate the updating of vehicle details as and when moved on road.
18th May 2021
The CBIC in Notification 15/2021-Central Tax has notified that the blocking of GSTINs for e-Way Bill generation is now considered only for the defaulting supplier’s GSTIN and not for the defaulting recipient or the transporter’s GSTIN.
ewaybillgst.gov.in is the official government portal or website to generate, manage, and cancel EWBs. This is a common web portal to be used across India by all taxpayers and transporters who want to generate EWBs.
Previously, the portal functioned on ewaybill.nic.in. The GST Council then instructed to re-direct the same on a new platform ewaybillgst.gov.in. This portal is maintained by the NIC.
The Main/Homepage on https://ewaybillgst.gov.in/ looks as displayed below:
The following Tabs can be found on the main page without the user logging in:
Let’s check what’s covered under each of them.
The user may select either Rules, Forms, Notifications and Circulars from the drop-down list. The format of various forms governing Eway bill rules such as EWB-01, EWB-02, EWB-03, EWB-04, EWB-05, EWB-06, ENR-01 and INV-01 may be referred to by selecting ‘Forms’ button. Latest notifications & Circulars on EWB are also available for reference on this page. The rules, notifications and circulars can be accessed state wise.
The drop-down list in this tab consists of the user manual, CBT, FAQs, Advertisement and Tools.
The most important button you can find under this Tab is ‘Tools-> Bulk generation Tools’ under which user can find & download the Excel templates, Excel to JSON conversion tool and JSON sample files that can be filled up and uploaded on the portal for Bulk generation of e-way bills or for the bulk updation of transporter details.
User manuals include how to use the web system, SMS system, Bulk generation system and API system. Users can also find step-by-step guides on how to use the EWB portal in the form of written manuals and CBT( Videos). The NIC also has also clarified various issues through the frequently asked questions (FAQs) section on EWBs that are faced by users while using the EWB portal.
Users can track/search for the following :
You can find the help desk phone number and a link to Grievance Redressal Portal for GST. Also, the contact details of region-wise helpdesk to resolve your e-Way Bill portal queries.
A new user may register on the eway bill portal by clicking on the ‘Registration’ tab on the home page. A drop-down appears with options for e-way bill registration that are available for normal GST registered users, as well as enrollment options for transporters and citizens.
A supplier/ recipient/ transporter registered under GST can register on the E-way bill portal by clicking on the link available under ‘Registration’ on home page tab. You can refer this guide for a smooth e-way bill registration.
Prerequisites for registering on e-way bill portal are :
GST registered users can update themselves as Transporters after logging in by clicking ‘Update’-> ‘As Transporter’ that appears on the left hand side panel on the home page. The GSTIN becomes the Transporter ID/TransGSTIN. Whereas the GST unregistered Transporters also must enrol themselves on the e-way bill portal by clicking on ‘Enrolment for Transporters’.
This way he shall be allotted the Transporter ID. Any customer who is not registered under GST but has to generate EWay bill as per EWay bill rules, must enrol himself as Citizen and get Unique login ID to generate EWay bill. However, ‘Enrolment for citizens’ window has been enabled for generating new EWB, update vehicle for generated EWB, print EWB, cancel EWB.
The statistics tab contains e-way bill related statistics since the launch of the e-way bill system in India.
The following login window appears once the user accesses the portal:
To Login, a user needs:
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