Lok Sabha Question No. 83 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Toll Collection
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 83 ANSWERED ON 2ND FEBRUARY, 2023

## TOLL COLLECTION

83. SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total toll collected from the National Highways (NHs) during the last five years in the country, State-wise; and
- (b) the number of times toll rates have been hiked along with the details of rate hike during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The state-wise user fee collection at fee plazas of National Highways Authority of India are at Annexure.
- (b)  User  fee  rates  are  revised  annually  in  accordance  with  National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, for Public  Funded  fee  plazas  and  applicable  fee  rules  at  the  time  of Concession Agreement for Concessionaire fee plazas.

As  per  prevailing  National  Highways  Fee  (Determination  of  Rates  and Collection)  Rules,  2008  (as  amended  time  to  time),  the  rates  specified under rule 4 shall be increased without compounding by three per cent each year with effect from the 1st day of April, 2008 and such increased rate shall be deemed to be the base rate for the subsequent years. The applicable base rates shall be revised annually with effect from April 1 each year to reflect the increase in wholesale price index between the week ending on January 6, 2007 and the week ending on or immediately after January 1 of the year in which such revision is undertaken but such revision shall be restricted to forty percent of the increase in wholesale price index. However, Concessionaire fee plazas which are operated as per NH Fee Rules 1997, user fee rates are revised annually from 1st of July or 1st of September as per their concession agreement. Further  user  fee  rates  are  increased  as  and  when  the  tolling  length  is increased upon completion of stretch.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 83 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2023 ASKED BY SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV) REGARDING TOLL COLLECTION

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Details of user fee collection on National Highways during the last five years, state-wise:

| S.   | Name of the      | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   |
|------|------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| No.  | State            | 2018-19                                | 2019-20                                | 2020-21                                | 2021-22                                | 2022-23 (till December, 2022)          |
| 1.   | Andhra Pradesh   | 1754.18                                | 1830.84                                | 1979.08                                | 2434.42                                | 2334.69                                |
| 2.   | Bihar            | 1893.94                                | 2129.65                                | 2005.01                                | 2094.95                                | 1996.15                                |
| 3.   | Chhattisgarh     | 256.58                                 | 294.88                                 | 384.46                                 | 481.89                                 | 544.57                                 |
| 4.   | Gujarat          | 2745.42                                | 2983.91                                | 2720.81                                | 3642.40                                | 3239.67                                |
| 5.   | Haryana          | 1489.23                                | 1575.63                                | 1146.58                                | 1093.90                                | 2147.08                                |
| 6.   | Himachal Pradesh | 0.00                                   | 1.84                                   | 5.80                                   | 37.11                                  | 39.40                                  |
| 7.   | Jammu & Kashmir  | 83.65                                  | 130.07                                 | 108.75                                 | 194.81                                 | 210.24                                 |
| 8.   | Jharkhand        | 272.13                                 | 289.18                                 | 304.69                                 | 422.19                                 | 446.24                                 |
| 9.   | Karnataka        | 1830.07                                | 1814.29                                | 1800.11                                | 2269.25                                | 2268.88                                |
| 10.  | Kerala           | 180.36                                 | 201.26                                 | 180.59                                 | 215.66                                 | 342.62                                 |
| 11.  | Madhya Pradesh   | 1050.33                                | 1415.72                                | 1987.21                                | 2265.36                                | 1156.74                                |
| 12.  | Maharashtra      | 2041.43                                | 2325.61                                | 2358.91                                | 3112.10                                | 3205.47                                |
| 13.  | North-East       | 56.95                                  | 86.41                                  | 257.57                                 | 387.95                                 | 343.53                                 |
| 14.  | Odisha           | 559.73                                 | 583.92                                 | 619.14                                 | 685.64                                 | 657.67                                 |

| S.   | Name of the   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   | User fee collection(In Crore Rupees)   |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| No.  | State         | 2018-19                                | 2019-20                                | 2020-21                                | 2021-22                                | 2022-23 (till December, 2022)          |
| 15.  | Punjab        | 625.73                                 | 690.06                                 | 282.15                                 | 293.47                                 | 953.19                                 |
| 16.  | Rajasthan     | 3064.60                                | 3228.43                                | 3100.36                                | 3681.72                                | 3490.85                                |
| 17.  | Tamil Nadu    | 2464.30                                | 2562.10                                | 2288.14                                | 2649.36                                | 2774.74                                |
| 18.  | Telangana     | 917.83                                 | 981.54                                 | 1052.46                                | 1380.04                                | 1367.50                                |
| 19.  | Uttar Pradesh | 2658.04                                | 2960.51                                | 3491.38                                | 4183.74                                | 3949.20                                |
| 20.  | Uttarakhand   | 33.23                                  | 38.30                                  | 102.08                                 | 324.23                                 | 331.23                                 |
| 21.  | West Bengal   | 1442.09                                | 1570.84                                | 1744.89                                | 2031.03                                | 1689.42                                |

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