Lok Sabha Question No. 3383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Excessive Toll Collection
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Hanuman Beniwal

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the toll tax collected on Delhi-Jaipur National Highway (NH) - 8 is significantly higher compared to the construction cost;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  toll  tax  collected  and  the  construction  cost  of the said highway;
- (c)  whether  despite  Maharashtra  and  Uttar  Pradesh  having  more  NHs than  Rajasthan,  the  toll  tax  collection  in  Rajasthan  is  higher  than  in these two States and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  despite  toll  tax  collection, several NHs in Rajasthan are in a deteriorated condition and if so, the justification for toll tax collection on such roads?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Collection of user fee at fee plazas on National Highways (NHs) is levied in accordance with the provisions of the NH Fee Rules, which specifies a base rate per Km of NH length indexed to the wholesale price index.

Further, amount of User Fee Collection on any highway is governed by the traffic playing on the stretch, category of vehicle (Multi-axle etc.),

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3383

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2025

## EXCESSIVE TOLL COLLECTION

3383. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

type  of  corridor  (industrial  hub  etc),  connectivity  of  highway  with important cities etc.

- (b)     The details of user fee collected at Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48 (old  NH-08)  and  construction  cost  including  maintenance  cost,  other prolonged cost incurred at the said stretch are under:

| Sr. No   | Stretch of NH-48 (old NH-08)   | Appointed Date of the project   | User fee Collection (in Crore Rupees)   | Cost incurred (in Crore Rupees)   |
|----------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Gurgaon- Kotputli-Jaipur       | 03.04.2009                      | 9,218.30                                | 6,430.00                          |
| 2        | Delhi-Gurgaon                  | 12.01.2003                      | 2,727.50                                | 2,489.45                          |
| Total    | Total                          | Total                           | 11,945.80                               | 8,919.45                          |

User  fee  collected  over  the  period  of  time  from  commencement  of collection is not discounted and thus not comparable to the construction cost.

- (c) The User Fee Collection for Financial Year 2023-24 in the state of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra is as under:

| Name of the state   | User fee collection (in Crore Rupees)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Rajasthan           | 5,885.03                                |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 6,695.40                                |
| Maharashtra         | 5,352.53                                |

Further,  user-fee  at  fee  plaza  is  collected  for  the  use  of  section  of National Highway as per the provisions of National Highways Fee Rules applicable for the respective category of vehicles uniformly across the Country. The User Fee Collection depends on the traffic and category of vehicle playing on the National Highway in addition to the length of the highway.

(d) User fee rates at National Highways fee plazas are levied as per the extant National Highways Fee Rules.

Upkeep and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) including bridges, structures, etc. are undertaken through different modes. In Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contracts, the Contractors maintain road during construction period and thereafter during Defects Liability Period-cum-Maintenance Period. In Design Build Finance Operate and Transfer (DBFOT)/ Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) Contracts, the Concessionaires maintain the road during construction period and thereafter till  end of concession  period. Concessionaires  of Toll Operate  and  Transfer  (TOT)/Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPVs)  of  INVIT agreements maintain the road during the concession period. Rest of the National Highways stretches are generally maintained by contractors of Performance  based  Maintenance  Contract  (PBMC)  and  Short-term Maintenance Contract (STMC).

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