However, user fee collection based on actual National Highway usage is also being done in certain access-controlled expressways and highways, he said.
The government has made FASTags mandatory from February 15 midnight and any vehicle not fitted with it will be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas across the country.
The average daily toll collection through FASTag has reached ₹100 crore daily, Parliament was informed on Monday.
The government has made FASTags mandatory from February 15 midnight and any vehicle not fitted with it will be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas across the country.
“As on 16th March 2021, more than 3 crore FASTags have been issued. The average daily fee collection through FASTag is more than Rupees 100 crores from 1st March 2021 to 16th March 2021,” Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
The government has mandated the fitment of FASTag in all M and N categories of motor vehicles with effect from January 1, 2021, through the amendment in Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, he said.