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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03102025-266618
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025/ASVINA 11, 1947
No. 650]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd October, 2025
G.S.R. 734(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48
of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the National Highways Fee
(Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, namely: –
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) These rules may be called the National Highways Fee (Determination
of Rates and Collection) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the 15th day of November, 2025.
2. In the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, in rule 6–
(a) for sub-rule (3), the following rules shall be substituted, namely:–
"(3) The fee under these rules shall be paid through FASTag or any other device notified by the Central
Government.
(3A) If the user of a vehicle enters a fee plaza without a FASTag or a valid, functional FASTag, as the
case may be, he shall pay two times of the user fee applicable to that category of vehicle under sub-rule
(2) of rule 4:
Provided that if the user of the vehicle, without a FASTag or a valid, functional FASTag, as the case
may be, opts to pay fee through the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), he shall pay 1.25 times of the user
fee applicable to that category of vehicle under sub-rule (2) of rule 4.
Illustration:
If the user fee for a particular class of vehicle as per sub-rule (2) of rule 4 is rupees hundred and if
that vehicle enters a fee plaza without a FASTag or a valid, functional FASTag, as the case may be, the
user of that vehicle shall pay two times of the user fee (i.e. rupees two hundred in cash) and in case, if
the user of that vehicle opts to pay fee through Unified Payment Interface (UPI), he shall pay 1.25 times
(i.e. rupees one hundred and twenty five only).
(3B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3A), if the user of a vehicle with a valid, functional
FASTag having sufficient balance in the linked account while crossing a fee plaza could not pay the user
fee through FASTag owing to malfunctioning of the electronic toll collection infrastructure, the vehicle
user shall be permitted to cross the fee plaza without payment of any user fee and a zero-transaction
receipt shall be issued for that transaction.";
(b) for sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–
"(5) The Central Government or the executing authority or the Concessionaire, as the case may be,
receiving fee under sub-rule (3A) and rule 10 shall issue a receipt, to the user of vehicle, specifying
therein the date and time of receipt of fee, total amount received and the class of vehicle for which the
fee has been received."
[F. No. H-25016/03/2025-Toll/E-252204]
MAHMOOD AHMED, Addl. Secy.
Note:- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)
vide notification number G.S.R. 838 (E) dated the 5th December, 2008 and was lastly amended vide
notification number G.S.R. 437 (E) dated the 1st July, 2025.
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Date: 2025.10.03 16:17:12+05'30'