New Delhi, July 9 (PTI): The GST provision, requiring any good more than Rs 50,000 in value to be registered online before it can be moved, is likely to kick in from October after a centralised software platform is ready, a top official said.

The provision, called the e-way bill, will be implemented after the infrastructure for the smooth generation of registration and its verification through hand-held devices with tax officials is ready.

The information technology platform for the e-way bill system is being developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) along with the GST-Network - the company which has developed the IT backbone for the new indirect tax regime.

The Centre has also decided to relax the timeline provision for e-way bills generated by GSTN for 20 days for goods travelling more than 1,000 km. Earlier, this was 15 days.

According to the provision, GSTN will generate e-way bills that will be valid for 1-20 days, depending on the distance to be travelled - one day for 100 km, 3 days (100 to less than 300 km), 5 days (300-less than 500 km) and 10 days (500-less than 1,000 km).

The GST Commissioner may extend the validity period of e-way bills for certain categories of goods.

"We hope the e-way bill can be implemented in three months time as by then, we hope to develop the infrastructure for consolidated e-way bill," a top official said.

Although the goods and services tax (GST) has been rolled out from July 1, a centralised e-way bill could not be implemented as the rules and forms were not ready.

"The e-way bill rules may be taken up in the next meeting of the GST Council on August 5. After the rules are in place, the NIC and GSTN will develop an all-India platform for a consolidated system," another official said.

Aviation relief

The government has exempted the import of aircraft, aircraft engines and its parts procured on lease from the purview of the GST.