NHAI has announced that FASTags with incomplete KYC will be deactivated by banks after January 31, 2024. The One Vehicle, One FASTag initiative aims to discourage the use of single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple FASTags to a particular vehicle.
FASTag KYC Deadline: The FASTag KYC check has been introduced to enhance the efficiency of the electronic toll collection system and provide seamless movement at toll plazas.
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FASTag Is Mandatory For Your Car From Today: Here Is Everything You Need to Know
FASTag payment has already been enabled at more than 720 toll plazas on national highways across India.
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FASTag is becoming mandatory starting today. Everyone who has a road trip on the cards will need a FASTag for their car in order to cross toll plaza s across national highways. The deadline today is an extended deadline from the previous January 1 deadline put in place by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. FASTag s are meant to enable contactless toll payments across national highways in the country and can be issued via multiple banks including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Paytm Payments Bank and IDFC First Bank, to name a few. FASTag payments option has already been enabled at more than 720 toll plazas on national highways across India.
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It can be purchased online from banks
It can also be bought through retailers like Amazon, Paytm
New Delhi: The automatic toll plaza payment system FASTag has become mandatory from February 15. People driving vehicles that do not have the tag yet would have to pay a fee equivalent to two times the usual charge at toll plazas.
The extra charge will apply to vehicles even if the tag is present but not working due to insufficient balance or any other reason.
In a notification released on Sunday, the central government said that all fee lanes in toll plazas on National Highways will be able to read the tags from February 15.