Your shipment
Where are the goods going?
As on the invoice, bill of supply or delivery challan, GST included.
Why are the goods moving?
How are they carried?
Pick one only if it applies; most shipments are none of these.
Is the sender registered under GST?
Do you need an e-way bill?
Fill in the shipment above and the answer appears here.
How long is it valid?
The portal fills the PIN-to-PIN distance and lets you enter up to 10% more; same-PIN movements are capped at 100 km (300 km for line sales); for imports and exports only the distance inside India counts. Up to 4,000 km.
The portal refuses a document more than 180 days old.
Enter the distance to see the expiry.
How the rules work
- Between states, every registered person who moves goods worth more than ₹50,000 (GST included) must generate an e-way bill before the movement starts, whether for a sale, for another reason, or for a purchase from an unregistered person (Rule 138(1)).
- Within a state each government sets its own limit and exceptions under its SGST rules: ₹50,000 in most states, ₹1 lakh in several, a list of goods in a few, and city or job-work exemptions in some. The table below shows every state's rule and the day it was last checked.
- Two cases need a bill whatever the value: goods sent to a job worker in another state, and handicrafts moved between states by an artisan exempt from registration.
- No bill is ever needed for the exemptions in Rule 138(14): non-motorised transport, non-GST goods such as petrol and alcohol, GST-exempt goods, the Annexure goods (household LPG, PDS kerosene, currency, used household effects, gold and jewellery, coral), customs movements, Nepal and Bhutan transit, defence consignments, government goods by rail, empty containers, weighbridge trips up to 20 km, and empty LPG cylinders.
- Validity is one day for every 200 km or part of it (20 km for over-dimensional cargo or a shipment with a ship leg), and each day ends at midnight. It can be extended within 8 hours either side of expiry; since 1 January 2025 never beyond 360 days from generation, and no bill can be made on a document more than 180 days old.
- Since 1 November 2026 goods moved by metro railway follow the rail rules (Rule 138(2A) as amended by Notification 05/2026-Central Tax). The GST Council's October 2026 decision to limit roadside interceptions to specific intelligence is applied by instruction now and in law from 1 April 2027; the ₹50,000 limit, validity and penalties are unchanged.
E-way bill limit in each state (movement within the state)
Checked on 4 Nov 2026. Between states the limit is ₹50,000 everywhere.
| State | Limit within the state | Covers | Exceptions | Gold (Rule 138F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Andhra Pradesh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Arunachal Pradesh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Assam | ₹50,000 | All goods | The December 2019 suspension during the internet shutdown lapsed when services were restored. | Not notified |
| Bihar | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Chandigarh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Chhattisgarh | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | Pan masala (2106 90 20); tobacco and tobacco products (2402, 2403); veneer sheets, laminated sheets, particle board, fibre board and plywood (4408, 4410 to 4412); iron and steel and articles of it (7202 to 7217, 7303 to 7308, 7312 to 7318, 7320, 7324); coal (2701 to 2704): ₹50,000 · The same limits apply within a district and between districts. | Not notified |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Delhi | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | No bill for a B2C sale with a tax invoice · The movement must start and end in Delhi without passing through another state; the invoice or challan travels with the goods. | Not notified |
| Goa | ₹50,000 | Only: Iron and steel; ferrous and non-ferrous metal and scrap; wall and flooring tiles; processed tobacco and products; cigarettes, gutkha and pan masala; plywood, block board, decorative and laminated sheets; coal including coke; timber and timber products; cement and cement products; marble and granite; Kota stones; naphtha; FMCG; namkeens and sweetmeats; IT products; electronic goods; pipes and fittings; plumbing and sanitary items; cashew nuts; electrical goods; readymade garments; furniture | — | Not notified |
| Gujarat | ₹50,000 | All goods | No bill within one city · No bill for job work (Hank, yarn, fabric and garments moved within Gujarat for job work) · A city is an area notified under the Gujarat Municipalities Act 1963 or the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act 1949, including notified villages. The invoice or challan travels with the goods. | Not notified |
| Haryana | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Himachal Pradesh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Jammu and Kashmir | ₹50,000 | All goods | Some trackers still show "no e-way bill within J&K" from the time-limited 2019 relief, which expired on 20 December 2019; confirm with the department's notification list for unusual goods. | Not notified |
| Jharkhand | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | Iron and steel; sponge iron; coal including coke; motor parts; all edible oils; tobacco products, cigarettes, gutkha and pan masala; iron ore; ferrous and non-ferrous metal and scrap; cement; tiles, marble and granite; timber and timber products; plywood, block board, flush doors, decorative and laminated sheets: ₹50,000 | Not notified |
| Karnataka | ₹50,000 | All goods | Karnataka wrote Rule 138F into its own rules in September 2023, but no Commissioner notification making a gold e-way bill mandatory was found, and GSTN names only Kerala; treat gold as not notified until one appears. | Not notified |
| Kerala | ₹50,000 | All goods | No bill at any value (3/2018-State Tax) for sales through a sales van carrying the Rule 56(18) documents; for rubber latex, rubber sheets, rubber scrap and spices from an agriculturist to a registered business with a challan or invoice; and for movement up to 25 km from a registered business to an unregistered end customer with a section 31 invoice. Gold: an over-the-counter sale that ends at the counter needs no bill; job work and hallmarking do. | ₹10,00,000 |
| Ladakh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Lakshadweep | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Madhya Pradesh | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | No bill within one district · Tobacco and tobacco products (Chapter 24), pan masala (2106): ₹50,000 · Medicines, surgical goods and active pharmaceutical ingredients (HSN 3003, 3004, 3006): no bill at any value | Not notified |
| Maharashtra | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | No bill for job work (Hank, yarn, fabric and garments moved up to 50 km within Maharashtra for job work) | Not notified |
| Manipur | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Meghalaya | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Mizoram | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Nagaland | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Odisha | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Puducherry | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Punjab | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | No bill for job work (Fabric only, moved up to 50 km within Punjab for job work) · Iron and steel in all forms and waste; non-ferrous metals, alloys and waste; tobacco and tobacco products, pan masala, katha and cigarettes; furniture; plywood, block board, decorative and laminated sheets; timber; building material including marble, granite, Kota stone, red sandstone, chips, crazy, tiles and sanitary goods; cement; polymers including plastic granules, powder, master batches and resin; all yarn including POY, fibre, polyester top, chips and waste; edible oils: ₹50,000 · The 2018 notification was expressed to apply for one year from 13 September 2018; no renewal was found, although every published tracker still reports ₹1 lakh. Confirm with the Punjab notification list before relying on it. | Not notified |
| Rajasthan | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | Within one city: ₹2,00,000 · No bill for job work (Any goods moved up to 50 km within Rajasthan for job work, including from one job worker to another and the return to the principal (not the final delivery)) · Tobacco and tobacco products (Chapter 24), pan masala (2106): ₹50,000 · Wood and articles of wood (Chapter 44), iron and steel (Chapter 72): ₹1 lakh even within a city: ₹1,00,000 · A city is the municipal area under the Rajasthan Municipalities Act 2009; a city with several municipal corporations counts as one. The invoice or challan travels with the goods even when no bill is needed. | Not notified |
| Sikkim | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Tamil Nadu | ₹1,00,000 | All goods | The 100 goods in the annexure to Notification 09/2018, among them agricultural implements, solar pump sets, coarse grains, paddy and rice, fresh fruit and vegetables, appalam and pappad, hank yarn, yarn, fabric and garments moved for job work, and goods for fair price shops and PDS godowns: no bill at any value | Not notified |
| Telangana | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Tripura | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Uttar Pradesh | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| Uttarakhand | ₹50,000 | All goods | — | Not notified |
| West Bengal | ₹50,000 | All goods | No bill for job work · Was ₹1 lakh until 31 May 2026. | Not notified |
What this checker can and cannot do
- Tell you whether a given shipment needs an e-way bill under Rule 138 and your state's own notification, and who must generate it.
- Work out the exact expiry and the extension window for a distance, the way the portal counts days.
- Give you a calendar reminder for the extension window, and the list of documents the driver must carry.
- Look up, generate, extend or cancel an actual e-way bill. That happens only on the government portal.
- Replace a check of your state's latest notification for unusual goods. The state table shows the notification it relies on and the day it was checked.
Questions about e-way bills
When is an e-way bill required?
Whenever a registered person moves goods worth more than ₹50,000 between states, for any reason, and within a state whenever the state's own limit is crossed (₹50,000 in most states, ₹1 lakh in several). Job work between states and inter-state handicraft movements by exempt artisans need one at any value. The exemptions in Rule 138(14) override all of this.
What counts as the consignment value?
The value on the invoice, bill of supply or delivery challan under section 15, including CGST, SGST or UTGST, IGST and cess, and excluding exempt goods on a mixed invoice. Each document counts separately: several small consignments in one truck do not add up, because Rule 138(7) has never been brought into force.
How is the validity of an e-way bill calculated?
One day for the first 200 km and one more day for every further 200 km or part of it; 20 km per day for over-dimensional cargo or a multimodal shipment with a ship leg. The clock starts at the first Part B entry, and each day ends at midnight, so a one-day bill generated at 10:30 am on 3 November is valid until 11:59 pm on 4 November.
Can an e-way bill be extended after it expires?
Yes, within 8 hours after expiry, and from 8 hours before. The transporter carrying the goods (or the generator who entered the vehicle) extends it on the portal with the reason and the remaining distance. Since 1 January 2025 extensions cannot take a bill beyond 360 days from its generation.
Is an e-way bill needed within the same city or for a short distance?
The distance does not matter in the central rule; the value does. A few states exempt movement within a city or within notified areas, and the state table shows which. Separately, vehicle details may be left out for a leg of up to 50 km from the consignor to the transporter, or from the transporter to the consignee, within the state.
Which goods never need an e-way bill?
Non-GST goods (alcohol, petrol, diesel, crude, natural gas, ATF), GST-exempt goods, and the Annexure goods: household LPG, PDS kerosene, postal baggage, currency, used personal and household effects, coral, and gold, precious stones and jewellery except imitation jewellery. Gold within a state is the exception where the state has adopted Rule 138F, as Kerala has from ₹10 lakh.
What is the penalty for moving goods without an e-way bill?
Under section 129 the goods and vehicle can be detained and released on a penalty of 200% of the tax where the owner comes forward, or 50% of the value or 200% of the tax, whichever is higher, where the owner does not; for exempted goods 2% or 5% of the value, capped at ₹25,000. The vehicle itself is released on payment of the penalty or ₹1 lakh, whichever is less. From October 2026 interceptions are to be made only on specific intelligence authorised by a Joint Commissioner.
Is anything I enter stored?
No. The checker runs in your browser and nothing is sent to Bael Trade or anyone else. Your entries stay in this browser tab until you close it.
This checker applies Rule 138 of the CGST Rules and each state's notification as checked on 4 Nov 2026. It is a guide, not legal advice; for an unusual consignment confirm with your tax adviser or the state's latest notification.