Toll Collection after Introduction of Fastags

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

The user fee collection at fee plazas of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) since introduction of FASTag in Financial Year 2016-17, is as under:

Financial Year Total Collection (in Crore)
2016-17 17942.14
2017-18 21948.13
2018-19 24396.20
2019-20 26850.71
2020-21 27744.15

To implement Electronic Toll Collection through FASTag, a Program Management Fee (% of Electronic Toll Collection transaction value) of 1.50%, 1.25%, 0.25% and 1% was approved for Issuer Bank, Acquirer Bank, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), respectively, for the period upto 31st March, 2021.

The user fee at the public funded fee plaza is collected by the user fee collection agency selected on the basis of competitive bidding and the amount remitted by the agency under the contract is deposited to the Consolidated Fund of India.

This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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