Govt postpones FASTag implementation deadline to 15th Dec
Earlier, it was decided that all the lanes in the Fee Plazas shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ by 1st of December 2019.
To facilitate sufficient lead time to citizens to obtain FASTag, the government has now decided that all the lanes in the Fee Plazas shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ by 15th of December 2019.
However, in order to facilitate and monitor the over-dimensional or oversized vehicles, one lane in the Fee Plaza may be kept as a hybrid lane accepting FASTag and other modes of payment as per rules which should be converted into the dedicated FASTag lane in a time-bound manner.
Earlier, it was decided that all the lanes in the Fee Plazas shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ by 1st of December 2019.
The FASTag is like a sticker with a magnetic strip that will be at the top left corner of the vehicle’s windscreen that uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
According to BullEye Technologies, the transition to 100 per cent FASTag-based toll collection on national highways from 1st December could save up to Rs 12,000 crore worth of fuel and man-hours in India.
FASTags are being issued by 22 certified banks in India via various channels like Point-of-Sale (POS) at National Highway toll plazas and select bank branches. Apart from that, it is also available on the e-commerce platform like Amazon.
The certified banks issuing FASTags can charge a maximum of Rs 100 for each tag, as mandated by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
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