The Centre further said the RBI has announced the enhancement of national electronic toll collection and will allow easy payment options, including UPIs.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on March 18 said that all physical toll booths in the country will be removed within one year, and the road tax will be collected based on GPS imaging.
The minister said he has instructed police inquiry for those vehicles which do not pay toll using FASTags
There will be four FASTag lanes, two on either side of these three toll plazas, they said. The 165-km-long expressway that connects Noida and Agra is managed by Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) and has three toll plazas – Jewar, Mathura and Agra – on the route.
Paytm Payments Bank on Tuesday said it has won 82 per cent of dispute cases on behalf of FASTag users with toll plazas in 2020 and facilitated refund of wrongly deducted toll charges to 2.6 lakh customers.
Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry announced all lanes in the fee plazas on the National Highways shall be declared as 'FASTag lane of the fee plaza' with effect from the midnight of 15 February, informed an official statement.
Category ‘M’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers. And Category ‘N’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods, which may also carry persons in addition to goods.
All lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways will be declared as "FASTag lane of the fee plaza" from the midnight of February 15/16. Those who don't have it yet should immediately buy so as to facilitate electronic payment of fee at toll plazas.
As per a release issued by the transport body, the cashback scheme was launched in a bid to increase the number of vehicles using FASTag.
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With FASTag being mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021, the NHAI has made all necessary arrangements to provide seamless movement of vehicles at toll plazas.
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has announced that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from the new year, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
FASTag users in the country have reached 2 crore mark, state-run NHAI on Wednesday said, adding, a growth of 400 per cent in a year has been registered.
To further augment electronic toll collection, the government on Saturday said it has made FASTags mandatory for all four-wheelers including old vehicles from January 1, 2021.
The government on Wednesday said it has made FASTag mandatory for availing all discounts on National Highways toll plazas. It has issued a gazette notification in this regard.
The government on Sunday said it has decided to ensure capturing of FASTag details while registering or issuing fitness certificate to vehicles all over the country.
Vehicles with invalid or non-functional FASTag will be charged double the toll fee applicable on the national highways. Before this amendment, the user of vehicle was to pay twice on the fee plaza only if the vehicle didn't carry the FASTag and entered in dedicated lane for the tag.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday said it has collected Rs 20 crore from 18 lakh defaulters who entered the FASTag lanes at electronic toll plazas on National Highways without the tag.
Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) on Friday announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with ride-hailing companies Ola and Uber. The tie-ups would empower over one lakh driver-partners to conveniently use Paytm FASTags and seamlessly commute across the country, the PPB said in a press statement.
According to Paytm Payments Bank, the company is also working with Ola at the Bangalore airport and some other locations including Indira Nagar, Devanahalli, and Electronic City transport hubs to accelerate the adoption of electronic toll payments in India.
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