Recently the Finance Ministry has introduced changes in the e-way bill system to crack down on GST evaders.With instances of malpractices in e-way bill generation getting detected, the revenue department decided to rework the system for generation of e-way bill by transporters and business.The new enhanced system would come with auto-calculation of distance between the source and destination, based on the PIN codes. The user would be allowed to enter the actual distance as per the movement of goods, which will be limited to 10per cent more than the auto calculated distance displayed, according to the e-way bill portal.However, it needs to be ensured that flexibility is built in the system to take care of exceptional situations such as diversion of vehicles due to road blockage, etc., where the actual distance travelled may be more than 10% of the distance calculated by the system.The e-way bill mechanism is an integral part of the GST regime that’s aimed at plugging evasion, which was one of the reasons cited by the government for subdued GST revenues prompting the GST Council and government to take steps to counter it.