New Toll Rules 2025: New rules have been updated regarding toll tax. Now, when making payments using UPI, you will have to pay one and a quarter times the toll tax, not double it. These new rules will come into effect on November 15th.
New Toll Rule 2025
New Toll Rule 2025: If you own a car and travel frequently, you’ll likely be familiar with FasTag. Updates to FasTag rules are made periodically. Recently, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways amended the toll tax rules on national highways.
These New Toll Rule 2025 will be implemented nationwide from November 15th. Under the new rules, if you don’t have a valid and working FasTag , you won’t have to pay double the toll tax. If you pay toll tax using UPI, you’ll only have to pay one and a quarter times the tax, while if you pay with cash, you’ll only have to pay double the tax. This means you can save money by paying using UPI.
Before new rule double toll tax had to be paid
Before the New Toll Rule 2025, people who did not have a pass tag or did not have sufficient balance in it had to pay double the toll tax, due to which people had to face a lot of problems. FasTag is now used by almost every vehicle so that people do not have to stand for long to pay the toll, because toll is paid very quickly through FasTag and long queues for waiting at the toll gate are also reduced, but people who did not have sufficient balance in FasTag had to pay double the toll.
Now, after the implementation of the New Toll Rule 2025 , they will have to pay only one and a quarter times the tax if they pay through UPI.
What are the changes in the rules?
After the changes in the FasTag New Toll Rule 2025, if you don’t have the minimum balance in your FasTag or don’t use FasTag, you can now pay through UPI, where you’ll only have to pay 1.25 times the toll tax. However, if you pay by cash, you’ll still have to pay double the toll. This new government rule has been implemented to promote digital payments.
Before this FasTag Annual Pass was implemented
Before the New Toll Rule 2025, the government had introduced the new rule of FasTag Annual Pass, this pass was mainly for those people who mostly travel on expressways and highways and use private and non-commercial vehicles for travel, for this they can get this annual pass by paying a fee of ₹3000, in which they get the facility of toll free travel for one year or up to 200 trips (whichever is earlier). By getting this recharge done, people remain free from the hassle of recharging FasTag again and again. This pass is very beneficial for those who go on trips frequently.
What is FasTag?
FasTag is a toll payment system that you affix to your vehicle’s windscreen and when your vehicle passes through the FasTag lane, money is automatically deducted from your account. It is linked to your prepaid or savings bank account in which you make the payment. It is a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) based system. By installing it, you do not have to pay the toll by cash and as the payment is made in less time, you do not need to wait for long at the toll plaza.
