FASTag began as an NHAI RFID toll pilot in 2014 and became a national, interoperable system when NPCI launched NETC in December 2016. It became compulsory in e…
NHAI piloted RFID tolls on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai stretch, then the Delhi-Mumbai arm on 4 November 2014.
NPCI's central clearing house let a tag from any member bank work at any member toll plaza.
New four-wheel M and N category vehicles had to be sold with a FASTag fitted.
All but one lane at National Highway plazas became FASTag lanes. 1.11 crore tags were issued by 26 December.
Every National Highway lane became a FASTag lane. Vehicles without a valid tag paid twice the fee.
10.30 crore tags issued, about Rs 192 crore collected a day, 1,051 plazas with electronic tolling in every lane.
Rs 3,000 for one year or 200 crossings for private cars at National Highway plazas, loaded on the same tag.
Toll at National Highway plazas became FASTag or UPI only. No tag costs 1.25 times by UPI.
At Choryasi on NH-48, RFID readers and ANPR cameras charge vehicles without a booth. About 41,500 passed on day one.
OneTag lets users switch FASTag bank and keep the sticker. The Annual Pass, now Rs 3,075, crossed one crore users.
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