India jurisdiction profile
The paperwork of Indian road freight, built in.
An Indian entity on CETAIN gets the documents, tax checks and gates its trucks are stopped for: LR or GC note, GSTIN validation, GST on GTA, the e-way bill and the vehicle's papers — in English or Hindi.
The e-way bill
No valid bill for this vehicle, no pickup.
CETAIN works out whether a consignment needs an e-way bill, records or generates one per invoice, keeps Part B in step with the vehicle actually carrying the goods — and refuses the pickup until it is valid.
Requirement check
Required when the consignment value exceeds ₹50,000 for inter-state movement. The intra-state threshold is configurable per entity, because states set their own.
Validity by distance
One day per 200 km, or per 20 km for over-dimensional cargo, so the validity on screen matches the length of the trip.
Part B follows the truck
A vehicle change updates Part B. The pickup gate checks the bill against the vehicle on the assignment, not just that a bill exists.
One bill per invoice
Generation is retry-safe: invoices that already have an active bill are skipped, and a partial failure names exactly which invoice failed.
How bills get into CETAIN. Today, bills generated on the government portal are recorded against the booking. Generation through a GST Suvidha Provider and verification through ULIP or a GSP are built as adapters and are switched on once a provider is contracted and its sandbox tests pass.
The profile in full
What changes when an entity is Indian.
| Area | How CETAIN handles it |
|---|---|
| Consignment document | LR (lorry receipt) or GC note, chosen when the transport entity is created; versioned, printable, issued in the entity's language. The entity's Carriage by Road Act registration number and transporter ID are stored with it. |
| Tax identity | GSTIN checked for format, state code and checksum. The state is derived from the GSTIN, which also decides CGST + SGST versus IGST. |
| GST on GTA | Each transport entity picks its default: 5% reverse charge (recipient pays), 5% forward charge without input tax credit, or 18% forward charge with input tax credit. |
| E-way bill | Requirement check, recording, Part B vehicle updates and the pickup gate. Generation, cancellation within 24 hours and validity extension go through a GSP once connected. |
| Vehicle papers | Registration certificate, fitness certificate, permit, PUC certificate and insurance must be valid before a vehicle can be assigned. Platform administrators can add VLTD/AIS-140 to the required list. |
| Driver papers | A valid driving licence. Drivers assigned hazardous goods need hazardous-goods training under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (rules 129–137). |
| Rate zones | Resolved from the most specific match: full PIN, 3-digit PIN prefix, state, then India. |
| Driving hours | Configured as warnings only (8 hours a day, 48 a week) until the applicable limits for motor transport workers are confirmed for your operation. |
| Data-subject requests | Erasure, export, access, correction, grievance and nomination, with a 90-day due date. Breaches go into a register with a 72-hour deadline for the detailed report to the Data Protection Board. |
| Language | English and Hindi interfaces; documents, notifications and one-time-code texts follow the entity's or the user's language. |
Some of the above runs in the engine before it has a screen — see the platform status for the current state of each item.
Confirmed with you at onboarding
Where the rules depend on your operation.
Some answers depend on your state, your customers or your contracts. CETAIN makes them settings, and we agree them with you instead of guessing.
Who pays GST on freight
Reverse or forward charge depends on who the recipient is. Estimates are labelled “estimate only” until your chartered accountant confirms the set-up.
Intra-state thresholds
States set their own e-way bill limits for movement within the state. The threshold is a setting per entity.
Your LR layout
We compare the generated LR or GC note with the one your drivers carry today before you go live.
Working-hour limits
Driver-hour thresholds stay warnings until the limits that apply to your drivers are confirmed.
Your GSP and ULIP access
Endpoints, credentials and reason codes come from your provider. Adapters are tested against its sandbox first.
Hindi wording
Hindi strings are reviewed by a native speaker for your rollout and can be adjusted in the translation manager.
Next step
See your own lanes on one record.
Tell us where you ship and how you work today. We'll walk through CETAIN with your documents, your jurisdiction and your roles — and tell you plainly what is ready and what would need configuring.