NEW DELHI: E-way bill generation is inching closer to pre-Covid levels with the full August month clocking 49.4 million, higher than July numbers of 48.3 million and shy of August 2019 numbers of 51.2 million. The numbers of bills generated in the months post lockdown is a strong indicator of the economy recovering from the effects of Covid 19 pandemic. 

 

E-way bills, a must for transportation of goods worth more than Rs 50,000, clocked a daily average of 1.5 million in August, similar to that in July but higher than 1.4 million in June. 

 

The daily average numbers are inching closer to the 1.8 million per day recorded during the pre-Covid period, from January 25 to March 24. 

 

As per GST Network, over 10.4 million e-way bills were generated in the first six days of September.