Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (STARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Collection of Toll-Tax
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI, M. CHANDRAKASI

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  norms/criteria  laid  down regarding distance and toll-tax on National Highways;
- (b) the  amount of  toll-tax  collected from the National Highways during the last five years and the current year, State and year-wise;
- (c)  whether  some State  Governments have requested to abolish toll-tax on the National  Highways passing through their States and if so, the details thereof along with  the  action  taken  by  the  Union Government thereon;
- (d) whether  the  Union  Government has any proposal to set up an independent body to monitor and regulate collection of toll-tax  and  related  issues  on  National Highways  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 94

ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## COLLECTION OF TOLL-TAX

## *94. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI: SHRI M.  CHANDRAKASI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e)  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  94  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.02.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI AND SHRI M.  CHANDRAKASI REGARDING COLLECTION OF TOLL-TAX

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- (a)  Location  of  Fee  plazas  is  in  terms  of  the  National  Highways  Fee  (Determination  of  Rates  and Collection) Rules, 2008 which enjoins that on the same section and same direction of the highway a distance  of  sixty  kilometers  should  exist  between  two  fee  plazas  unless  reasons  exist  otherwise. Further, fee plazas are not to be established within ten kilometers from municipal or local town area limits. In no circumstances, can they be established within five kilometers unless meant primarily for the local users.

Presently, User fee rates are determined by the National Highways Fee Rules 2008.  The rate of fee for four or more lanes is the product of the length of the section multiplied by the following:

| Type of Vehicle                                                                                                   |   Base rate of fee per km (in Rupees) |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle                                                                             |                                  0.65 |
| Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus                                                         |                                  1.05 |
| Bus or Truck (Two axles)                                                                                          |                                  2.2  |
| Three-axle commercial vehicles                                                                                    |                                  2.4  |
| Heavy Construction Machinery(HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) |                                  3.45 |
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles)                                                                          |                                  4.2  |

The base rates are revised annually by a fixed 3% increase and 40% of the variation in WPI. Two lane with paved shoulders highways are charged 60% of the above rates.

- (b) The details of amount of user fee collected from the National Highways during the last five years and the current year are at ' Annexure-A'.
- (c) No, Madam .
- (d)  &  (e)  No,  Madam . The  executing  agency  for  the  projects  are  engaged  with  regulation  and monitoring of the determination of rates and collection of user fees as per NH Fee Rules and terms of the concession agreement. Further, Electronic toll collection system has been rolled out to improve transparency in the existing system of toll collection.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 94 FOR ANSWER ON 08.02.2018 ASKED BY SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI AND SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI REGARDING COLLECTION OF TOLL-TAX

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## User Fee Collection Statement for the period from 2012-13 to 2017-18 (Rs./Crores)

| Sr. No.   | State          |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 (upto Dec'17) |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh |    826.61 |    929.63 |   1053.46 |   1216.21 |   1188.54 |                 1106.81 |
| 2.        | Bihar          |    190.22 |    270.24 |    438.82 |    547.37 |    591.79 |                  603.41 |
| 3.        | Chattisgarh    |     93.46 |     99.18 |    120.84 |    205.95 |    240.68 |                  210.49 |
| 4.        | Gujarat        |   1101.71 |   1201.37 |   1397.54 |   1728.64 |   1911.73 |                 1658.56 |
| 5.        | Haryana        |    455.65 |    497.09 |    619.06 |    708.49 |    711.51 |                  709.67 |
| 6.        | Jammu& Kashmir |      3.06 |     24.51 |     31.81 |     62.5  |     73.89 |                   62.5  |
| 7.        | Jharkhand      |     68.93 |    111.6  |    143.34 |    187.36 |    174.18 |                  180.86 |
| 8.        | Karnataka      |    699.45 |    902.68 |   1213.34 |   1413.46 |   1452.4  |                 1305.76 |
| 9.        | Kerala         |     75.34 |     93.76 |    102.95 |    137.48 |    138.01 |                  124.22 |
| 10.       | Madhya Pradesh |    336.73 |    394.04 |    457.48 |    599.27 |    587.74 |                  496.75 |
| 11.       | Maharashtra    |   1301.37 |   1572.43 |   1805.73 |   2106.06 |   1941.23 |                 1551.58 |
| 12.       | North-East     |      4.65 |      5.25 |      6.42 |      1.61 |     39.55 |                   33.94 |
| 13.       | Odisha         |    161.82 |    229.77 |    299.73 |    379.18 |    422.55 |                  434.88 |
| 14.       | Punjab         |    266.09 |    304.73 |    403.49 |    547.21 |    563.8  |                  510.81 |
| 15.       | Rajasthan      |   1179.01 |   1323.83 |   1792.27 |   2602.87 |   2788.79 |                 2391.39 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu     |   1336.33 |   1571.08 |   1828.12 |   1958.93 |   2075.02 |                 1756.57 |
| 17.       | Telangana      |    332.11 |    554.96 |    619.79 |    679.5  |    704.69 |                  625.97 |
| 18.       | Uttar Pradesh  |    701.28 |   1086.05 |   1515.41 |   1944.01 |   1979.22 |                 1728.82 |
| 19.       | Uttarakhand    |      3.7  |      3.82 |      3.07 |      1.76 |      1.85 |                   11.48 |
| 20.       | West Bengal    |    356.32 |    531.73 |    673.43 |    800    |    951.72 |                  860.68 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL          |   9514.33 |  11729.3  |  14547.8  |  17835.4  |  18542.1  |                16365.2  |

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