E-way bill limit in Meghalaya: the ₹50,000 default applies
No separate intra-state threshold is in force in Meghalaya, 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 Meghalaya?
₹50,000 of consignment value, the national figure, because Meghalaya 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 Shillong to Tura?
No. ₹40,000 is below ₹50,000 and both Shillong and Tura are inside Meghalaya, 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.
What if the same consignment goes from Shillong to Assam instead?
That one needs an e-way bill. Crossing into Assam makes it an inter-state movement, and inter-state movement is tested at ₹50,000 regardless of which state it started in or what that state's own intra-state threshold is. This is the mistake state thresholds cause most often: the state figure is remembered as if it were national, when it only governs movement that never leaves Meghalaya.
How many days of validity does a Meghalaya consignment get?
Validity is national rather than state-specific, so a bill for goods moving from Shillong to Tura 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 Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya notify a different limit?
Yes, and it would happen by a state notification rather than a change in the central rules. Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya commercial tax department before dispatch rather than relying on a table, including this one.
Does the GST state code matter for a Meghalaya consignment?
Meghalaya is GST state code 17, 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.