INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sahni, 25, are truck drivers over three decades apart in age, but bound by a fascination for a new document that's part of the centre's GST
The new system, introduced in April this year, requires the use of this electronically generated number to be carried in person by truckers
It helps the government to track the movement of goods by trucks
The government has also pitched it as an anti-evasion measure, compared to the earlier system of paper documents that was more prone to
Hari Singh, who we met on the outskirts of Lucknow, spent the last six days ferrying Maruti spare parts from Chennai to Lucknow - that's
Before E-way bills, the journey took 140 hours and exhaustive paperwork checks on four border check posts
Now they just look at the E-bill and let us go
to Maharashtra in the past, is also happy with the new system
"Earlier you had to spend days at the border You had to get individual stamps on your documents
They make agricultural implements, have five factories here, and 50-60 trucks moving daily to states like Telangana, and even across the
"Earlier we had to go to the sales tax department here - they charged us Rs 100-200 commission for every bill
My man or lawyer had to go in the morning, he was made to wait till evening
This for just three-four trucks
He had to liaison with so many officers
there should be no need of the E-way bills
The government should believe traders
Also all of the responsibility is with the trader
Now should a small trader do his business or spend all his time in E-way bills, GST returns, invoices", asks Sanjay Gupta, chairman of Uttar
Pradesh Adarsh Vyapaar Mandal
About 2.8 crore, 3.7 crore and 5.1 crore E-way bills were generated in April, May and June, 2018 respectively.
