GST e-way bill to go live on budget day, industry fears disruption

The e-way bill, key to preventing tax evasion under the goods and services tax (GST), will be rolled out nationwide from Thursday, the day finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the Union Budget 2018, amid persistent concerns in some quarters that its enforcement could trigger fresh economic disruption. The GST e-way bill, an electronic documentation tracking the movement of goods, is mandator…