GSTN will Launch 2nd E‑Way Bill Portal on 01.07.2025- Both the Portal will work Simultaneously

In a major step toward bol­ster­ing busi­ness con­ti­nu­ity and oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy, the Goods and Ser­vices Tax Net­work (GSTN) has announced the roll­out of a new and improved E‑Way Bill 2.0 por­tal (https://ewaybill2.gst.gov.in), devel­oped by the Nation­al Infor­mat­ics Cen­tre (NIC). This ini­tia­tive, set to go live from 1st July 2025, intro­duces enhanced inter-oper­abil­i­ty between the cur­rent E‑Way Bill 1.0 por­tal (https://ewaybillgst.gov.in) and the new platform.

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Objective of E‑Way Bill 2.0

The E‑Way Bill 2.0 por­tal has been devel­oped in response to feed­back from tax­pay­ers and trans­porters seek­ing unin­ter­rupt­ed ser­vice avail­abil­i­ty dur­ing tech­ni­cal down­times. By facil­i­tat­ing cross-por­tal oper­abil­i­ty, the new sys­tem ensures that essen­tial e‑way bill func­tions can con­tin­ue seam­less­ly, regard­less of which por­tal is used.

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New Inter-Operable Functionalities

Tax­pay­ers and trans­porters can now per­form the fol­low­ing activ­i­ties on the E‑Way Bill 2.0 por­tal — even for E‑Way Bills orig­i­nal­ly gen­er­at­ed on the E‑Way Bill 1.0 portal:

•  Gen­er­a­tion of E‑Way Bill based on Part‑A details entered by the supplier
•  Gen­er­a­tion of Con­sol­i­dat­ed E‑Way Bills
•  Exten­sion of Valid­i­ty for exist­ing E‑Way Bills
•  Update of Trans­porter Details
•  Retrieval and Print­ing of Con­sol­i­dat­ed E‑Way Bills

These ser­vices are in addi­tion to exist­ing func­tion­al­i­ties, such as:

•  Gen­er­a­tion of new E‑Way Bills
•  Vehi­cle detail updates
•  E‑Way Bill slip printing

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System Synchronisation and Real-Time Integration

To ensure con­sis­ten­cy and real-time access:

• Both por­tals will oper­ate in a real-time syn­chro­nised envi­ron­ment, with data mir­rored across sys­tems with­in seconds.
• In case of tech­ni­cal issues or down­time on one por­tal (e.g., E‑Way Bill 1.0), all nec­es­sary oper­a­tions — includ­ing Part‑B updates — can be per­formed on the alter­nate por­tal (E‑Way Bill 2.0).
•  This dual-sys­tem archi­tec­ture is a strate­gic move to reduce sys­tem depen­den­cy and ensure unin­ter­rupt­ed work­flow.

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API-Based Access for Enhanced Integration

Recog­nis­ing the needs of high-vol­ume users and logis­tics ser­vice providers:

• All func­tion­al­i­ties will also be avail­able through Appli­ca­tion Pro­gram­ming Inter­faces (APIs).
• APIs are already host­ed in the sand­box envi­ron­ment for test­ing, allow­ing ERP and logis­tics plat­forms to inte­grate seamlessly.

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Key Benefits to Stakeholders

The E‑Way Bill 2.0 por­tal deliv­ers sev­er­al tan­gi­ble advantages:

• Reduced down­time risks with the abil­i­ty to switch por­tals instantly
• Cross-por­tal oper­abil­i­ty, enabling updates and actions regard­less of the orig­i­nat­ing platform
• Bet­ter trans­porter flex­i­bil­i­ty, espe­cial­ly in updat­ing Part‑B or gen­er­at­ing con­sol­i­dat­ed slips on the go
• Faster and real-time data sync­ing between portals
• Improved sys­tem resilience, par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing peak fil­ing sea­sons or sys­tem outages