The GST Network (GSTN) has made it compulsory for business houses and transporters to mention PIN codes of places of loading and unloading of consignments for issuance of e-way bill.
Quoting of PIN codes will help in calculating the correct distance and determine the validity of the electronic way or e-way bill which is used by businesses to transport goods worth over Rs 50,000 both within and outside a state.
So far, businesses and transporters are required to broadly mention the distance and place of loading and unloading of consignments for generating e-way bill.
Under the revised procedures, the GSTN has introduced the facility of auto population of state name based on the PIN code entered at consignor or consignee addresses.
