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The authorities volition instrumentality barrier-free toll postulation astatine each 1,050 toll plazas crossed the state by 2026 and astir 40 lakh annual FASTag passes person been issued successful 4 months since August, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said connected Thursday (December 18, 2025).
Answering queries during Question Hour successful the Lok Sabha, Mr. Gadkari said yearly FASTag passes volition let backstage cars to transverse 200 toll plazas astatine ₹3,000 a year, oregon an mean of ₹15 per toll.
The walk is overmuch cheaper erstwhile compared to the existent outgo of ₹15,000 for crossing 200 tolls.
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"By 2026, we volition enactment successful spot blase AI-based strategy for collecting tolls astatine each the 1,050 plazas, which see 350 backstage toll booths and 700 government. Cars tin determination astatine ₹80km/hour connected highways without stopping astatine toll plazas," Mr. Gadkari said.
The Minister said the caller barrier-free seamless road and expressway toll postulation strategy volition regenerate the existent strategy of toll collection, wherein cars person to halt astatine toll plazas for wealth to beryllium deducted from FASTag.
Beginning August 15, 2025, the authorities has started the FASTag yearly pass. The yearly walk eliminates the request to often recharge FASTag done one-time interest outgo of ₹3,000 for one-year validity oregon 200 toll plaza crossings.
