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Time of India
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
National Highway toll collected through FASTag up by 20% in 1st 3 months of this finacial year
There has been a nearly 20 per cent increase in toll collected - around ₹21,000 crore - through FASTag on national and state highways in the first three months of the current financial year, compared to ₹17,280 crore in the corresponding period of 2024-25, as per National Electronic Toll Collection data. Around per cent of the toll collection (around ₹ 17,000 crore) has been made from NH users. The increase in toll collection is because more highway stretches have been brought under tolling, and revision in the user fee. Officials said though they expect the current trend of rise in toll collection will bring more revenue to NHAI and other such road owning agencies, it will depend on how many private car owners opt for the Annual Toll Pass , which the govt as announced recently. The toll pass will cost Rs 3,000 for crossing 200 toll plazas (counted as trips) and will be rolled out from Aug 15.
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
NH toll collected through FASTag up by 20% in 1st 3 months of this FY
Representative image NEW DELHI: There has been a nearly 20% increase in toll collected - around Rs 21,000 crore - through FASTag on national and state highways in the first three months of the current financial year, compared to Rs 17,280 crore in the corresponding period of 2024-25, as per National Electronic Toll Collection data. Around 80% of the toll collection (around Rs 17,000 crore) has been made from NH users. The increase in toll collection is because more highway stretches have been brought under tolling, and revision in the user fee. Officials said though they expect the current trend of rise in toll collection will bring more revenue to NHAI and other such road owning agencies, it will depend on how many private car owners opt for the Annual Toll Pass, which the govt as announced recently. The toll pass will cost Rs 3,000 for crossing 200 toll plazas (counted as trips) and will be rolled out from Aug 15.
Time of India
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Relief for commercial vehicles: Up to 50 per cent reduction in toll for elevated sections on NHs
After announcing the Annual Toll Pass for private cars on NHs, the road transport ministry has notified a new rule to reduce the toll rate up to 50 per cent for structures such as bridge, tunnel, flyover or elevated sections. This will bring relief to commercial and heavy vehicles, particularly on tolled sections that have more such structures. TOI on June 27 had first reported the govt decision to rationalise the toll. Till now the toll charge for structures on NHs and Expressways under Central govt was 10 times more than the normal user fee. But as per the fresh amendments to NH Toll Fee Rules notified on June 1, there will be two methodologies to calculate the toll charge and whichever is lower will be applicable. As per the new norm, the toll charge for a section of NH consisting of structure or structures will be calculated by adding 10 times the length of structure to the non-structure or normal road length or five times the total length of section of a tolled NH, whichever is lesser. This will bring major relief to those using highway stretches that have more than 50 per cent length as structures. Take for example, if a tolled section of NH is 40 km — 30 km structure and 10 km normal road — then the minimum length will be computed as 10x30 + 10 = 310 km or five times the total length of the section which is 5x40 = 200 km. So, in this case, the toll charge will be collected for 200 km since it's lower. But suppose, the 40 km tolled stretch has 10 km structures and 30 km normal road, then the minimum length will be calculated as 10x10 + 30 = 130 km or five times of the total length of the section which is 5x40 = 200 km. So, in this case, the toll charge will be collected for 130 km, something that is in practice now. In case the entire tolled corridor is one or more structures, the toll charge will be simply reduced to 50 per cent.
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Relief for commercial vehicles: Up to 50% reduction in toll for elevated sections on NHs
NEW DELHI: After announcing the Annual Toll Pass for private cars on NHs, the road transport ministry has notified a new rule to reduce the toll rate up to 50% for structures such as bridge, tunnel, flyover or elevated sections. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now This will bring relief to commercial and heavy vehicles, particularly on tolled sections that have more such structures. TOI on June 27 had first reported the govt decision to rationalise the toll. Till now the toll charge for structures on NHs and Expressways under Central govt was 10 times more than the normal user fee. But as per the fresh amendments to NH Toll Fee Rules notified on June 1, there will be two methodologies to calculate the toll charge and whichever is lower will be applicable. As per the new norm, the toll charge for a section of NH consisting of structure or structures will be calculated by adding 10 times the length of structure to the non-structure or normal road length or five times the total length of section of a tolled NH, whichever is lesser. This will bring major relief to those using highway stretches that have more than 50% length as structures. Take for example, if a tolled section of NH is 40 km — 30 km structure and 10 km normal road — then the minimum length will be computed as 10x30 + 10 = 310 km or five times the total length of the section which is 5x40 = 200 km. So, in this case, the toll charge will be collected for 200 km since it's lower. But suppose, the 40 km tolled stretch has 10 km structures and 30 km normal road, then the minimum length will be calculated as 10x10 + 30 = 130 km or five times of the total length of the section which is 5x40 = 200 km. So, in this case, the toll charge will be collected for 130 km, something that is in practice now. In case the entire tolled corridor is one or more structures, the toll charge will be simply reduced to 50%.
Time of India
27-06-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Toll on flyover-heavy highways to be slashed by half, capped at 5x base rate, ET Infra
Toll formula reworked for urban highways Advt Impact expected on urban ring roads, commercial vehicles By , ETInfra Join the community of 2M+ industry professionals. Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Get updates on your preferred social platform Follow us for the latest news, insider access to events and more. In a move set to impact toll rates on highway stretches with a high share of elevated structures, the road transport ministry has approved a change in toll calculation norms . As per a report by Times of India, the revised formula, which will be notified shortly, reduces the toll rate for stretches comprising over 50 per cent structures such as flyovers, underpasses and as per the National Highways Fee Rules, users pay ten times the regular toll for every kilometre of elevated road or tunnel. This was meant to offset higher construction costs associated with such infrastructure. The revised structure halves the toll rate for such stretches and sets a cap at five times the normal official explained that under the current norm, a one-way car trip on the 28.5-km Dwarka Expressway — with 21 km of elevated sections — costs ₹317 as per the current norm (₹306 for the elevated portion and ₹11 for the remaining 7 km). With the new norm, this cost is expected to fall to around ₹ new rates are likely to benefit users of highways linking neighbouring cities, urban bypasses and ring roads, particularly those built by the central government, such as the Dwarka Expressway in noted that while private car users opting for the upcoming Annual Toll Pass scheme may not experience a significant change, commercial and heavy vehicles are expected to benefit from the revised rates.
