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Core Purpose

This notification further amends the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through G.S.R. 734(E) dated 3rd October, 2025, in exercise of powers conferred by section 9 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), introduces the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2025, effective from 15th November, 2025. These rules amend the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. Specifically, rule 6 is amended: sub-rule (3) is substituted to mandate fee payment via FASTag or other notified device. A new sub-rule (3A) dictates that users entering a fee plaza without a FASTag or a valid, functional FASTag shall pay two times the applicable user fee under sub-rule (2) of rule 4; however, if such a user opts to pay through the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), they shall pay 1.25 times the user fee. An illustration clarifies that for a Rs. 100 fee, non-FASTag cash payment is Rs. 200, and UPI payment is Rs. 125. A new sub-rule (3B) provides that if a vehicle with a valid, functional FASTag and sufficient balance cannot pay due to electronic toll collection infrastructure malfunction, the user is permitted to cross without payment, receiving a zero-transaction receipt. Additionally, sub-rule (5) is substituted to require the Central Government, executing authority, or Concessionaire receiving fees under sub-rule (3A) and rule 10 to issue a receipt detailing the date, time, total amount, and vehicle class. The principal rules were published via G.S.R. 838 (E) dated 5th December, 2008, and last amended by G.S.R. 437 (E) dated 1st July, 2025. The notification is signed by Mahmood Ahmed, Addl. Secy.

Full Text

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. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA ΝΑΤΗ YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.10.03 16:17:12+05'30'

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