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FASTags are stickers that facilitate prepaid payment of toll charges. These rechargeable tags are used by private and commercial vehicles to pay for the toll tax. It enables an automatic deduction of payment without manual intervention. FASTag for cars and heavy vehicles is affixed on a vehicle’s windscreen. While crossing the toll plaza, the amount gets deducted from the account after quick scanning. FASTag works through the RFID or Radio-Frequency Identification technology. It is operated jointly by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC). How to purchase a FASTag? FASTags are readily available on Point-of-Sales basis, and certified financial institutions can also offer this facility to their customers. Individuals can purchase it from various e-commerce websites too. Moreover, applicants have to provide their valid driver’s license, address proof, registration documents of their vehicle, and valid KYC documents. Upon produc...

According to the Road Transport and Highways Ministry of India, vehicles without FASTags are mandated to pay a penalty fee of two times the charges at toll booths all across the country from 15th December, 2019 onwards. FASTag was implemented in 2014 but its services enhanced after the introduction of National Electronic Toll Collection in 2016. Since then, there are more than 6,000 FASTag lanes in toll plazas in India. However, in order to pass through such lanes, you need to get FASTag for car . What is FASTag? When you are passing through a FASTag lane of a toll plaza, you are not required to stop for any transaction if you possess a FASTag card.  Such a card, usually attached to the windscreen of your car, uses Radio Frequency Identification technology to enable automatic deduction of toll charges. A tag reader, stationed on the outer walls of a toll plaza scans the FASTag attached to your vehicle and deducts from a prepaid account; thus completing the monetary transact...