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E-way bill checker. Is a bill needed for this load?
Check a consignment
Filled in with the tempo from our guide: three invoices of ₹38,000, ₹41,000 and ₹22,000 on one delivery challan, within Maharashtra.
About this calculator
Enter the value of the goods, whether they cross a state border, the state, and what they are. You learn if an e-way bill (the online permit for moving goods) is needed, the limit that decided it, and the rule behind it, taken from our e-way bill thresholds guide.
Rules as of 13 October 2026, the date that guide was last reviewed; check with your CA. State limits move by notification, and the guide has not read every state gazette itself. Nothing you type leaves this page.
The rules it uses
Each answer comes from a row of the guide, and each row names its source.
Between states. A bill is needed above ₹50,000, under Rule 138(1) of the CGST Rules, across the country. Exactly ₹50,000 is not above it. Goods to a job worker, and handicraft goods moved by a person exempt from registration, need one at any value.
Within a state. Each state sets its own limit. ₹1,00,000 in Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand (goods other than specified goods), Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, and in Madhya Pradesh except tobacco, pan masala, medicines, surgical goods and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Rajasthan: ₹1,00,000, or ₹2,00,000 within the same city. Chhattisgarh and Goa: only their specified goods, above ₹50,000. West Bengal: ₹50,000 from 1 June 2026, job work excluded. Every other state and union territory is taken at ₹50,000, which the guide has not checked state by state.
No bill at any value. Under Rule 138(14): goods on a non-motorised conveyance (such as a handcart), goods moving from a customs port, airport or land customs station to an inland container depot or container freight station for clearance, and goods in the Annexure to that sub-rule. Chapter 71 goods are exempt too, except that Kerala needs a bill for their movement within the state from 20 January 2025. Exempt goods generally need none.
Where the guide has no figure, the checker says so. The Kerala limit for Chapter 71 goods, Jharkhand's for specified goods, Madhya Pradesh's for its excepted goods and West Bengal's for job work sit in state notifications, not the guide. For those it says “check with your CA” instead of guessing.
Sources
The guide's table lists the notification behind each state row. These are its sources for the rules above.
- Rule 138, the ₹50,000 limit and the Rule 138(14) exemptions: taxinformation.cbic.gov.in, the bare rule
- State-wise thresholds with notification numbers: cleartax.in, which still carries the superseded West Bengal position
- West Bengal notification 02/2026-C.T./GST dated 22 May 2026, ₹50,000 from 1 June 2026: taxscan.in
- Kerala e-way bill for Chapter 71 goods from 20 January 2025: GSTN advisory 576; the national exemption for Chapter 71 goods: GSTN advisory 581
- Everything above, with the state table and the reasoning: E-way bill thresholds, state by state, last reviewed 13 October 2026
What this checker is not
Three things it leaves to you and your CA.
It does not read the gazette. Its state rows come from the guide, based on notifications as reported. Check your state's current notification before relying on one.
It does not make the bill or say how long it is valid. Validity depends on distance from Part B, and a day ends at midnight. The guide explains both clocks.
It sends nothing you type. Nothing is sent, stored or saved on this device; reloading clears it. One count is sent the first time a number you changed gives a result. It names the checker, not your figures. See the privacy policy.
The bill number beside the dispatch.
Ordence prepares the e-way bill file (JSON) from the invoice for someone to upload on the portal. The packing note shows the transporter, the LR and the e-way bill number.
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