With an aim to reduce cash transactions, the government on Saturday said that from November 15, vehicles entering a fee plaza on a National Highway without a valid, functional FASTag will be charged 1.25 times of regular toll amount if users opt to pay using UPI.

Currently, those without a valid FASTag are required to pay double the toll charges in cash.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a statement said in a significant step to incentivise digital payments and eliminate cash transactions at the user fee plazas on National Highways for non-FASTag users, the Government of India has amended National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.

"Under the new rule, vehicles entering a fee plaza without a valid, functional FASTag will be charged twice the a

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