Publication an amendment in the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008

5780 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3525 ] NEW DELHI, MON DAY , SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 /BHADRA 18, 194 6 CG-DL-E-09092024-257019 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 9th September , 2024 S.O. 3856 (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. (1) These rules may be called the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in sub -rule (1) of rule 2, - (i) in clause (da) after the words “highway or expressway”, the following shall be inserted, namely: - “and collected through Global Navigation Satellite System On -Board Unit or any such device or Automatic Number Plate Recognition Device or FASTag or any combination thereof”; (ii) in clause (hd), after the words “user fees”, the following shall be inserted, namely: - “through Global Navigation Satellite System On -Board Unit or Automatic Number Plate Recognition Device or FASTag or any combination thereof” ; (iii) after clause (hd), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- ‘(he) “Global Navigation Satellite System On -Board Unit” means a non -transferable and firmly fitted device in a vehicle linked to Global Navigation Satellite System based user fee collection;’; 3. In rule 6 of the said rules, in sub -rule (3), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: - “Provided also that exclusive lane can be earmarked for Global Navigation Satellite System On-Board Unit fitted vehicle and in case vehicle enters such lane, without a valid, functional Global Navigation Satellite System On -Board Unit, shall pay a fee equivalent to two times of the user fee applicable at that fee plaza:”. 4. In rule 9 of the said rules, after sub -rule (4), the following sub -rule shall be inserted, namely: - “(5) A driver, owner or person in -charge of a mechanical vehicle other than National Permit vehicle who makes use of the same section of national highway, permanent bridge, bypass or tunnel, as the case may be, shall be levied a zero -user fee upto twenty kilometers of journey in each direction in a day under Global Navigation Satellite System based user fee collection system and if the distance travelled is more than twenty kilometers , then fee will be charged for actual distance travelled.”. [F. No. H-25016/01/2023 -Toll] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part -II, Section 3, Sub section -(i) vide notification n umber G.S.R. 838(E), dated the 5th December, 2008 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. 725(E) dated the 6th October, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.