E-way bill limit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands: the ₹50,000 default applies
No separate intra-state threshold is in force in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, so the national ₹50,000 limit applies: a consignment of ₹50,000 or less moving inside the state needs no e-way bill, and one above it does. Movement across the state border is governed by the national ₹50,000 limit, which does not change when a state changes its own.
Frequently asked questions
What is the e-way bill limit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?
₹50,000 of consignment value, the national figure, because Andaman & Nicobar Islands has not notified a separate intra-state limit. A consignment of exactly ₹50,000 needs no bill; ₹50,001 does. Crossing the state border makes no difference to the number here, since inter-state movement is also tested at ₹50,000.
Do I need an e-way bill for ₹40,000 from Port Blair to Diglipur?
No. ₹40,000 is below ₹50,000 and both Port Blair and Diglipur are inside Andaman & Nicobar Islands, so no bill is required. The invoice still has to travel with the goods, and the transporter still has to be able to show it at a check post.
Does the limit apply when goods leave Andaman & Nicobar Islands for the mainland?
Yes. Movement to or from the mainland crosses a state border, so it is an inter-state movement tested at ₹50,000. The intra-state position on this page governs only movement that begins and ends inside the islands, which in practice means inter-island movement rather than the shipment that matters most.
How many days of validity does a Andaman & Nicobar Islands consignment get?
Validity is national rather than state-specific, so a bill for goods moving from Port Blair to Diglipur follows the same rule as anywhere else: one day for up to 200 km and one additional day for every 200 km or part of it, counted from generation and expiring at midnight of the day after generation. Over-dimensional cargo, and multimodal shipments with at least one leg by ship, get one day per 20 km. The distance that counts is the PIN-to-PIN distance the portal computes between the dispatch and destination PIN codes — not the road distance the transporter quotes — so a route that looks like two days on the highway can still be billed as three.
What value does Andaman & Nicobar Islands test — the invoice total or the taxable value?
The consignment value declared on the invoice, bill of supply or delivery challan, including CGST, SGST, IGST and cess. Where one invoice covers both taxable and exempt goods, the exempt line comes out of the figure. For a Andaman & Nicobar Islands movement the number to compare against the threshold is therefore the document total, not the taxable value alone and not what the goods would fetch if resold — and because it is a document test, it is the figure a check-post officer reads off the paperwork rather than the one in your head.
Could Andaman & Nicobar Islands notify a different limit?
Yes, and it would happen by a state notification rather than a change in the central rules. Andaman & Nicobar Islands has not notified one, which is why the ₹50,000 default is the answer here. A state that does notify sets both the figure and the date it takes effect — West Bengal moved from ₹1,00,000 to ₹50,000 on 1 June 2026 that way, and Bihar cut its limit from ₹2,00,000 to ₹1,00,000 in January 2019. If a consignment sits close to the line, check the Andaman & Nicobar Islands commercial tax department before dispatch rather than relying on a table, including this one.
Does the GST state code matter for a Andaman & Nicobar Islands consignment?
Andaman & Nicobar Islands is GST state code 35, the first two digits of every GSTIN issued there. It matters because the code on the supplier's GSTIN has to match the place of supply for the tax split to be right, and a mismatch is one of the things that turns a routine check-post stop into a longer one.