The Centre is deputing officials across states for the rollout of electronic toll collection at all toll plazas of the National Highways Authority of India nationwide from December 1, 2019, according to a statement. December 1 onwards, toll payments will be only via FASTag under the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) programme, the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Under the NETC, toll collection at national highway toll plazas will done through RFID-based FASTags. Apart from monitoring the preparedness of the rollout, the officials will coordinate with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in this connection, it added. Besides, the GST Council has accorded in-principle approval for integration of GST e-way bill system with FASTags and a pact has also been inked.

Source: The Telegraph November 17, 2019 08:03 UTC