Economic Times ( 14 July )
carries following news report :
“
Govt Bets Big on Tech to Ensure E-way Bill Does Not Bring Back Inspector Raj “
The proposed e-way bill for moving goods within the
country would rely heavily on technology, employing RFID chips and QR codes, to ensure that
monitoring of goods movement does not bring back inspector raj and slow down
goods traffic on highways, officials said.
The e-way bill is proposed as a permit of sorts in electronic format, which will have details of the goods carried on a vehicle.
The e-way bill is proposed as a permit of sorts in electronic format, which will have details of the goods carried on a vehicle.
"Effort is to have high technology interface," said a
government official, adding that it would ensure that all data regarding an e-way bill is captured on
it.
Having it embedded on RFID chip or a QR code will help in checking these in a
non-intrusive manner without holding up a vehicle.
" These would be checked with hand-held devices or RFID chip readers," the official said.
A group of officers from state and union finance
ministry will work on the tech and design of e-way bill, the person
said.
According to the proposed framework, GST Network
will generate e-way bills that will remain valid for one to 15 days, depending
on the transport distance.
One-day permit will be for a distance up to 100 km
while a 15-day permit will allow more than 1,000 km transit, as per the
proposed law.
A tax
officer can intercept any conveyance to verify the e-way bill or the physical
goods for all inter-state and intra-state movement of goods
Rules
governing the e-way bill have not yet been approved by the GST Council and are
expected to be taken up when it meets next month on August 5.
Express Industry Council of India (EICI), which represents small and large express delivery service companies engaged in domestic and international door to door transport services of parcels and documents, had expressed concerns about it, saying it could prove a logistical challenge.
My
request / suggestion to GST Council :
·
Aim to turn India’s highways
into friction-less “ Conveyor
Belts of Commerce “
·
Look up conveyor belts in the warehouses of Amazon /
Flipkart / UPS / FedEx etc , which carry hundreds of packages per minute – with
each package carrying dozens of different items ( can we replace “ packages “
with TRUCKS and “
conveyor belts “ with HIGHWAYS
? )
·
Each item within each box , has RFID chip and QR code ( interlinked )
·
Sensors placed along the conveyor belt “ reads “ each
package and each item inside each package . No need to stop the flow of the
packages
·
E-way Bill too , will have all the QR Codes / RFID data ,
of each item loaded onto the truck ( Price / Origin City / Destination City /
Supplier with GSTN registration number / Recipient with his GSTN registration
number / GST – ISGST – SGST amount for each item / Date of Dispatch / Validity
of E Way Bill etc )
·
Just like today’s Mobile Apps of UPS / FedEx enable online tracking of each
package and of individual items within each package , that “ high technology interface “ being proposed by the Government should
incorporate the following technologies :
#
QR
code / RFID chip
# Internet of Things ( IoT )
# BlueTooth / NFC
==========================
Dear
Members of GST Council :
Here is YOUR opportunity to lead the way
( - in this case , the HIGHWAY ! )
There is no technical reason why Software Super Power India , cannot lead
the world in ,
“ Ease of Doing Business “
If you
guarantee the business / industry that “ NO INSPECTOR “ will stop the truck along its
journey , they will willingly implement ANY / ALL technologies to serve the
purpose of E Way Bill
Remember , all corruption starts by permitting HUMANS to “ interpret “ whether a
given process was “ correct / incorrect “ as prescribed – and collect their “ hafta “ for offering to interpret
it in favour of the Business / Industry , violating the process !
By implementing my
suggestion
,
technology will SHUT DOWN the truck engine , upon detection of a
violation !
And automatically unlock the engine when the
violation gets corrected by EDITING
the E-Way Bill , on GSTN web site !
16 July 2017
www.hemenparekh.in /
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