Lok Sabha Question No. 3069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: FASTag System
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3069 ANSWERED ON 16TH DECEMBER, 2021

## FASTAG SYSTEM

3069. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  FASTag  payment  facility  for  toll  is  available  at  all  National Highways (NHs) and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has implemented the policy of charging twice the toll  amount for cash payments across all NHs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any data regarding implementation of the FASTag at State Highways and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to make FASTag universal across both  National  and  State  Highways  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Yes, Sir. The facility of payment of user fee through FASTag is available at all National Highways across the country.
- (b)  Yes,  Sir.  Sub-rule  (3)  of  Rule  6  of  the  National  Highways  Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, as amended, provides that v ehicles not fitted with 'FASTag' or vehicles without valid, functional

'FASTag' have to pay double the applicable fee upon entering a FASTag lane at the fee plaza. (c) Under the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) programme, state entities are encouraged to adopt FASTag as mode of payment at State Highways fee plazas. As on 14th December 2021, eighteen Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)/Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) and various other state governments/agencies/Special Purpose Vehicles for on-boarding of over 250 state toll plazas. The details of the

States, with whom the MoUs have been signed, are as under:

|   S. No. | State          |   Number of MoUs signed with different State Entities |   Approximate number of plazas |
|----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |                                                     3 |                             16 |
|        2 | Gujarat        |                                                     2 |                             14 |
|        3 | Haryana        |                                                     2 |                             36 |
|        4 | Karnataka      |                                                     1 |                             32 |
|        5 | Maharashtra    |                                                     1 |                             41 |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh |                                                     1 |                            121 |
|        7 | Punjab         |                                                     1 |                             23 |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu     |                                                     2 |                             15 |
|        9 | Telangana      |                                                     2 |                             22 |
|       10 | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                     3 |                             21 |

(d) National Highways Authority of India is approaching all state entities to  adopt  FASTag  as  mode  of  payment  at  State  toll  plazas  with  the objective to have uniform experience and service.

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